Nearest Communities to Bridgeport,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bridgeport, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bridgeport:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bridgeport.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bridgeport is located in Mesa County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bridgeport. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Mesa 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 Bridgeport (which is Mesa 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 Bridgeport
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mesa County (where Bridgeport resides)
- County Website: https://www.mesacounty.us/
- County Seat for Mesa: Grand Junction
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridgeport ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridgeport.
- Kannah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Kannah is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannah
- Whitewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pear Park
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Pear Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
- Orchard Mesa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
- Bridges Switch
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
- Clifton
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Fruitvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Highland Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Highland Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Johnsons Corner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Mount Lincoln
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Palisade
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rosevale
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Rosevale is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Grand Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Durham
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Durham is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Cameo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Cameo is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
- Mesa Lakes Resort
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mesa Lakes Resort is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes Resort
- Mesa Lakes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mesa Lakes is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes
- Redlands
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Redlands is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
- Glade Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Appleton is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- John Held Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
- Rhone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Rhone is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhone
- Mesa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Akin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Akin is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin
- Molina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fruita
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Delta County
- County Website: https://www.deltacountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Delta: Delta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridgeport ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridgeport.
- Peeples
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Peeples is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
- Broughton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Broughton is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Dominguez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dominguez is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
- Escalante
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Escalante is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
- Huff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Huff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Keyhole
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Keyhole is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
- Roubideau
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Roubideau is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
- Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Delta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- North Delta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
- Saunders
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Saunders is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Cory
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Brimstone Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
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- Colby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Colby is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Eckert
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Orchard City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Orchard City is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
- Read
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Read is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
- Saxton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Saxton is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- Chipeta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chipeta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipeta
- Austin
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Cedaredge
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Payne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Payne is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Grand Mesa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
- Montrose County
- County Website: https://www.montrosecounty.net/
- County Seat for Montrose: Montrose
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridgeport ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridgeport.
- Pea Green Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
- Hoovers Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hoovers Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoovers Corner
- Olathe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Frost
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Frost is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
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- Bridgeport) 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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