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Nearest Communities to Elkton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Elkton.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Elkton is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Gunnison County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elkton. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Gunnison 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 Elkton (which is Gunnison 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 Elkton

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

  • Gunnison County   (where Elkton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Gunnison:   Gunnison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkton.
      • Pittsburg ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Pittsburg is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburg
      • Gothic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Gothic is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gothic
      • Schofield ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Schofield is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
      • Mount Crested Butte
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
      • Crystal ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Crested Butte
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Irwin ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
      • Ruby
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Ruby is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Floresta ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Floresta is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floresta
      • Marble
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Baldwin ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Baldwin is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Almont
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
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        • Patterson Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Patterson Place is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Place
        • Somerset
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Harry Parker Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Harry Parker Place is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Parker Place
        • Pieplant ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Pieplant is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pieplant
          • Pieplant has also been known as:
          • Pie Plant
          • Pieplant Mill
        • Gunnison
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Chaffee County
  • Delta County
  • Eagle County
    • County Website:   https://www.eaglecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Eagle:   Eagle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkton.
      • Basalt
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Basalt is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basalt
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,183 people
        • Former names for Basalt:
        • Aspen Junction
        • Fryingpan Town
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Basalt <4>
      • Hooks
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Hooks is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
      • El Jebel
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Leon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Leon is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
      • Ruedi ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Ruedi is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
  • Garfield County
  • Lake County
  • Pitkin County
    • County Website:   https://www.pitkincounty.com/
    • County Seat for Pitkin:   Aspen
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Elkton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Elkton.
      • Ashcroft ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
        • Former names for Ashcroft:
        • Castle Forks City
        • Chloride
      • Placita
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Placita is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placita
      • Snowmass Village
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Redstone
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Aspen
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Woody Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Ruby ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Ruby is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
      • Independence ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Independence is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
        • Independence has also been known as:
        • Chipeta
        • Farwell
        • Hunter's Pass
        • Mammoth City
        • Mount Hope
        • Sparkill
      • Lenado ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Lenado is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
      • Snowmass
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Wingo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Wingo is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
      • Emma
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Emma is located in Pitkin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma

Footnotes ...

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