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Nearest Communities to Craig,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 starting from Craig.<1>

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

Craig is located in Moffat County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Moffat County: Rio Blanco, Routt, Daggett (UT), Uintah (UT), Carbon (WY) & Sweetwater (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Craig. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Moffat 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 Craig (which is Moffat 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 Craig

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

  • Moffat County   (where Craig resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.moffat.co.us/
    • County Seat for Moffat:   Craig
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Craig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Craig.
      • Craig South Highlands
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Craig South Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig South Highlands
        • Craig South Highlands is located in Moffat County
      • Hamilton
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
        • Hamilton is located in Moffat County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <4>
      • Iles Grove
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iles Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iles Grove
        • Iles Grove is located in Moffat County
      • Loyd
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loyd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyd
        • Loyd is located in Moffat County
      • Lay
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lay
        • Lay is located in Moffat County
      • Axial
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Axial have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axial
        • Axial is located in Moffat County
      • Juniper Hot Springs
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Hot Springs
        • Juniper Hot Springs is located in Moffat County
      • Maybell
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maybell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maybell
        • Maybell is located in Moffat County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maybell <4>
      • Slater
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Slater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
        • Slater is located in Moffat County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Slater <4>
  • Rio Blanco County
  • Routt County
    • County Website:   www.co.routt.co.us/
    • County Seat for Routt:   Steamboat Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Craig   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Craig.
      • Pagoda
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Hayden
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Elkhead
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhead have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
        • Elkhead is located in Routt County
      • Mount Harris
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Harris have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harris
        • Mount Harris is located in Routt County
      • Bear River ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bear River have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
        • Bear River is located in Routt County
      • Dunckley
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunckley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunckley
        • Dunckley is located in Routt County
      • McGregor
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McGregor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGregor
        • McGregor is located in Routt County
      • Milner
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Mystic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mystic have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mystic
        • Mystic is located in Routt 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Craig) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Craig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.5161, Longitude: -107.5473    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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