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Nearest Communities to Buckingham,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Buckingham is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buckingham. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Weld 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 Buckingham (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 Buckingham

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

  • Weld County   (where Buckingham resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.weld.gov/
    • County Seat for Weld:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buckingham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buckingham.
      • Raymer
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Raymer is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
        • Raymer has also been known as:
        • New Raymer
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <4>
      • Keota
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Keota is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Sligo ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Sligo is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo
      • Stoneham
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Briggsdale
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Fosston
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Fosston is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosston
      • Avalo
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Avalo is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalo
        • Former name for Avalo:
        • Greasewood Flats
      • Grover
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Cornish
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Cornish is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
      • Masters
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Masters is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
      • Dearfield ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Dearfield is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dearfield
      • Canton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Canton is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Barnesville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Barnesville is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
        • Matthews
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Matthews is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
        • Hereford
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Hardin
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Hardin is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardin
  • Logan County
  • Morgan County
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Fort Morgan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buckingham   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buckingham.
      • Weldona
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Goodrich
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
      • Orchard
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Log Lane Village
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Bijou
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Bijou is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
      • Griffin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Griffin is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
      • Lamb
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Lamb is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
      • Hurley
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Hurley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
      • Fort Morgan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Wiggins
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dodd
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Dodd is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
      • Moseley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Moseley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseley
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Snyder
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Cooper
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Cooper is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Lodi
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Lodi is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Balzac
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Balzac is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
        • Nelson
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Nelson is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Union
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Union is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union

Footnotes ...

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