Nearest Communities to Colby,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Colby, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Colby:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Colby is located in Delta County.
The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delta County: Gunnison, Mesa & Montrose.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Colby. Of these communities, 30 are located in counties other than Delta 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 Colby (which is Delta 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 Colby
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Delta County (where Colby resides)
- County Website: https://www.deltacountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Delta: Delta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Colby.
- Brimstone Corner
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
- Cedaredge
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Eckert
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Grand Mesa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
- Orchard City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Orchard City is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
- Cory
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Payne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Payne is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
- Austin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Read
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Read is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
- Saunders
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saunders is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
- Saxton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Saxton is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
- North Delta
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- North Delta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Delta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Lazear
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Mesa
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rogers Mesa is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Mesa
- Hotchkiss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Roubideau
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Roubideau is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
- Chipeta
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chipeta is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipeta
- Coburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Coburn is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
- Escalante
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Escalante is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
- Huff
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Huff is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Paonia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Broughton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Broughton is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
- Dominguez
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dominguez is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
- Peeples
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Peeples is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
- Bowie
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Bowie is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
- Former names for Bowie:
- Reading
- Wauneta
- Juanita Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Juanita Junction is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita Junction
- Keyhole
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Keyhole is located in Delta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
- Crawford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Gunnison County
- County Website: https://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Gunnison: Gunnison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Colby.
- Somerset
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Harry Parker Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Harry Parker Place is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Parker Place
- Mesa County
- County Website: https://www.mesacounty.us/
- County Seat for Mesa: Grand Junction
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Colby.
- Mesa Lakes Resort
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mesa Lakes Resort is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes Resort
- Mesa Lakes
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mesa Lakes is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes
- John Held Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
- Molina
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Mesa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Collbran
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plateau City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Plateau City is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
- Bridgeport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
- Cameo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cameo is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameo
- Palisade
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lincoln
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
- Heiberger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Heiberger is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberger
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Bridges Switch
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
- Kannah
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Kannah is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannah
- Whitewater
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Akin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Akin is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin
- Clifton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pear Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Pear Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
- Fruitvale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Highland Park is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
- De Beque
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Johnsons Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
- Montrose County
- County Website: https://www.montrosecounty.net/
- County Seat for Montrose: Montrose
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colby ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Colby.
- Pea Green Corner
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
- Hoovers Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hoovers Corner is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoovers Corner
- Olathe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Frost
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Frost is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Roe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Roe is located in Montrose County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
- Maher
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Colby) 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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