Nearest Communities to Woodruffs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Woodruffs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Woodruffs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Woodruffs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Woodruffs is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Mono (CA), Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon & Nye.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Woodruffs. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Mineral County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Woodruffs (which is Mineral County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Woodruffs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mineral County (where Woodruffs resides)
- County Website: https://mineralcountynv.us/
- County Seat for Mineral: Hawthorne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Woodruffs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruffs.
- Eagleville ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Eagleville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Rawhide ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rawhide is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawhide
- Bovard ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bovard is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovard
- Broken Hills ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Broken Hills is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broken Hills
- Midway ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
- Buckley Camp ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Buckley Camp is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckley Camp
- Copperfield ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Copperfield is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperfield
- Kinkaid
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Kinkaid is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinkaid
- Kinkaid has also been known as:
- Acme
- Kinkead
- Omco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Omco is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omco
- Rand ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rand is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rand
- Luning
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Copper Hill ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Copper Hill is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Hill
- Copper Hill has also been known as:
- Copperhill
- Simon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Simon is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simon
- Thorne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Thorne is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorne
- Churchill County
- County Website: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Churchill: Fallon
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Woodruffs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruffs.
- Eagleville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Eagleville is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagleville
- Nevada Hills ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Nevada Hills is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada Hills
- Frenchman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Frenchman is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchman
- Sand Springs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Springs is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Middlegate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Middlegate is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middlegate
- Sand Hill Station ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sand Hill Station is located in Churchill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Hill Station
- Lander County
- County Website: https://www.landercountynv.org/
- County Seat for Lander: Battle Mountain
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Woodruffs ...
- Burnt Cabin ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Burnt Cabin is located in Lander County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Cabin
- Nye County
- County Website: https://www.nyecountynv.gov/
- County Seat for Nye: Tonopah
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Woodruffs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Woodruffs.
- Gabbs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Downeyville ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Downeyville is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downeyville
- Quartz Mountain ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Quartz Mountain is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartz Mountain
- Basic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Basic is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basic
- Lodi ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Lodi is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
- Green Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Green Springs is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Lodi Tanks
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Lodi Tanks is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Tanks
- Atwood ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Goldyke ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Goldyke is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldyke
- Ellsworth ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ellsworth is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellsworth
- Penelas ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Penelas is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penelas
- Phonolite ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Phonolite is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phonolite
- Duluth ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Duluth is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
- Pactolus ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pactolus is located in Nye County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pactolus
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Woodruffs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Woodruffs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.
We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.
Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
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