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Nearest Communities to Bijou,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note 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.

Bijou is located in Elbert County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elbert County: Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso, Lincoln & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bijou. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Elbert County.

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 Bijou (which is Elbert 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 Bijou

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

  • Elbert County   (where Bijou resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.elbertcounty-co.gov/
    • County Seat for Elbert:   Kiowa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bijou   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bijou.
      • Agate
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Kiowa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Fondis
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fondis is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
      • Cedar Point
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Cedar Point is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
      • Simla
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Matheson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Elizabeth
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Elbert
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Cimarron
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cimarron is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron
      • Pawnee Hills
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Pawnee Hills is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pawnee Hills
      • Prairie Trail Ranches
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Parker Highlands
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Parker Highlands is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Highlands
      • Ponderosa Park
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Ponderosa Park is located in Elbert County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Park
      • Beck Sand Draw Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Adams County
  • Arapahoe County
    • County Website:   https://www.arapahoeco.gov/
    • County Seat for Arapahoe:   Littleton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bijou   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bijou.
      • Deer Trail
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Peoria
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Peoria is located in Arapahoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peoria
      • Byers
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Dove Hill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Dove Hill is located in Arapahoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dove Hill
      • Travois
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Travois is located in Arapahoe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travois
  • Douglas County
    • County Website:   https://www.douglas.co.us/
    • County Seat for Douglas:   Castle Rock
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bijou   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bijou.
      • Hilltop
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Hilltop is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Bayou Hills
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Bayou Hills is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Hills
      • Country Acres
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Country Acres is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
      • Ponderosa East
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Ponderosa East is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa East
      • Windy Hills
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Windy Hills is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Hills
      • Crestview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Crestview is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestview
      • Hidden Village
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Hidden Village is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Village
      • Burning Tree Ranch
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Burning Tree Ranch is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burning Tree Ranch
      • The Pinery
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • The Pinery is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Pinery
      • Village Pines
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Village Pines is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Pines
      • Franktown
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Homestead Hills
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Homestead Hills is located in Douglas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Hills
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Pine Valley
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pine Valley is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Valley
        • Ponderosa Hills
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Ponderosa Hills is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Hills
        • Saddlebrook
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Saddlebrook is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saddlebrook
        • Castlewood North
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Castlewood North is located in Douglas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castlewood North
        • Parker
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • El Paso County
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Bijou) 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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