Nearest Communities to Bridges Switch,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bridges Switch, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bridges Switch:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Bridges Switch 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bridges Switch. Of these communities, 18 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 Bridges Switch (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 Bridges Switch
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Mesa County (where Bridges Switch resides)
- County Website: https://www.mesacounty.us/
- County Seat for Mesa: Grand Junction
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridges Switch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridges Switch.
- Mount Lincoln
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Palisade
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Clifton
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Fruitvale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pear Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Pear Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
- Highland Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Highland Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- Johnsons Corner
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Cameo
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cameo is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
- Whitewater
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Orchard Mesa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
- Grand Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rosevale
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Rosevale is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Durham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Durham is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Kannah
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Kannah is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannah
- Appleton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Appleton is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
- Redlands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Redlands is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
- Akin
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Akin is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin
- John Held Corner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
- Mesa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Rhone
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Rhone is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhone
- Mesa Lakes Resort
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mesa Lakes Resort is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes Resort
- Mesa Lakes
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Mesa Lakes is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes
- Fruita
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Bridgeport is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Molina
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- De Beque
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Glade Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Gilsonite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Gilsonite is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsonite
- Loma
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Plateau City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plateau City is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
- Collbran
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Mack
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ruby
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Ruby is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
- Delta County
- County Website: https://www.deltacountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Delta: Delta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridges Switch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridges Switch.
- Peeples
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Peeples is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
- Broughton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Broughton is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Dominguez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Dominguez is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
- Grand Mesa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
- Escalante
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Escalante is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
- Huff
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Huff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Brimstone Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Colby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Colby is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
- Keyhole
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Keyhole is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
- Cedaredge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roubideau
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Roubideau is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
- Eckert
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- North Delta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- North Delta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
- Cory
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Delta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orchard City is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
- Garfield County
- County Website: https://www.garfieldcountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Glenwood Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Bridges Switch ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bridges Switch.
- Una
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Una is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
- Parachute
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Parachute is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
- Former name for Parachute:
- Grand Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <3>
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- Bridges Switch) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |