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Nearest Communities to Balfour,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Balfour is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Park County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Park County: Chaffee, Clear Creek, Douglas, Fremont, Jefferson, Lake, Summit & Teller.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Balfour. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Park 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 Balfour (which is Park 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 Balfour

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

  • Park County   (where Balfour resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.parkcountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Park:   Fairplay
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balfour   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balfour.
      • Trump ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Trump is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
      • Hartsel
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Pike - San Isabel Village
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Glentivar ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Glentivar is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glentivar
      • Haver ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Haver is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
      • Antero Junction ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Antero Junction is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antero Junction
      • Guffey
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Garo ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Garo is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garo
      • Tarryall ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Tarryall is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarryall
      • Lake George
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Platte Springs
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Platte Springs is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Springs
      • Bordenville ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Bordenville is located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordenville
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Fairplay
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Horseshoe ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Horseshoe is located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
        • Como
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Leavick ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Leavick is located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavick
        • Sacramento ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sacramento is located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
        • Alma Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Alma Junction is located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma Junction
  • Chaffee County
    • County Website:   https://www.chaffeecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Chaffee:   Salida
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Balfour   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Balfour.
      • Newett
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Newett is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newett
      • Futurity
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Futurity is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Futurity
      • Nathrop
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Johnson Village
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Buena Vista
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Swan ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Swan is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
      • Turret ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Turret is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
      • Americus
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Americus is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
      • Centerville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Centerville is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
      • Riverside
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Riverside is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Pine Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
      • Browns Canon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Princeton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Princeton is located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
        • Belleview
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
        • Salida
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Smeltertown
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
        • Cleora
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
        • Granite
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
  • Fremont County
  • Lake County
  • Teller County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Balfour) 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 Balfour, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.