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Nearest Communities to Cane,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cane, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cane:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Cane.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Cane is located in Coconino County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Coconino County: Gila, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, Kane (UT) & San Juan (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 11 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cane.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Cane (which is Coconino 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 Cane

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Coconino County   (where Cane resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.coconino.az.gov/
    • County Seat for Coconino:   Flagstaff
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cane   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cane.
      • Jacob Lake
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • One Mile
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • One Mile is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for One Mile
      • Bitter Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Bitter Springs is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Springs
      • Big Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Big Springs is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
      • Mangum Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Mangum Springs is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangum Springs
      • Ryan ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Ryan is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan
      • Vista Encantada
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Vista Encantada is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vista Encantada
      • North Rim
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • North Rim is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rim
      • Marble Canyon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chair Crossing
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Chair Crossing is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chair Crossing
      • Lee's Ferry
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Lee's Ferry is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee's Ferry
        • Lee's Ferry has also been known as:
        • Little Colorado Station
        • Saint's Ferry

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cane) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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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