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Nearest Communities to Briggsdale,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Briggsdale.<1>

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

Briggsdale is located in Weld County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Weld County: Adams, Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Kimball (NE) & Laramie (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Briggsdale. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Weld 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 Briggsdale (which is Weld 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 Briggsdale

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

  • Weld County   (where Briggsdale resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.weld.gov/
    • County Seat for Weld:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Briggsdale   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Briggsdale.
      • Fosston
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Fosston is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosston
      • Cornish
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Cornish is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Barnesville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Barnesville is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
      • Matthews
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Matthews is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
      • Keota
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Purcell ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Purcell is located in Weld County
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      • Sligo ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Galeton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Gill
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Grover
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Lowe
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Lowe is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Buckingham ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Buckingham is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
      • Continue List   (40 more) ...
        • Alden
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Alden is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
        • Cloverly
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Cloverly is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverly
        • Kuner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Kuner is located in Weld County
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        • Hardin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Spanish Village
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Spanish Village is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
        • Kersey
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Ault
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Eaton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Stage
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Stage is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stage
        • Canton
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Canton is located in Weld County
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        • Masters
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Masters is located in Weld County
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        • Greeley Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Greeley Junction is located in Weld County
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        • Lucerne
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Mason Corner
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Mason Corner is located in Weld County
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        • Pierce
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Hereford
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Mumper Corner
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Mumper Corner is located in Weld County
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        • Gates
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Gates is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates
        • Dearfield ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Auburn
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Auburn is located in Weld County
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        • Jackson Field
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Jackson Field is located in Weld County
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        • Nunn
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Tuber
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Tuber is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuber
        • Raymer
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Garden City
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Greeley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Rosedale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Rosedale is located in Weld County
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        • Hurrich
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Hurrich is located in Weld County
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        • East La Salle
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • East La Salle is located in Weld County
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        • Farmers
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Farmers is located in Weld County
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        • La Salle
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Dover
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Bracewell
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Bracewell is located in Weld County
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        • Evans
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Comer
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Comer is located in Weld County
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        • Bruce
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Bruce is located in Weld County
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        • Severance
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Rockport
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Rockport is located in Weld County
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        • Elm
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Elm is located in Weld County
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        • Hambert
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Hambert is located in Weld County
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  • Morgan County
  • Laramie 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- Briggsdale) 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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