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Nearest Communities to Granite,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind 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.

Granite is located in Chaffee County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaffee County: Fremont, Gunnison, Lake, Park, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 79 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Granite. Of these communities, 55 are located in counties other than Chaffee 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 Granite (which is Chaffee 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 Granite

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

  • Chaffee County   (where Granite resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.chaffeecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Chaffee:   Salida
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Granite   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
      • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Princeton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Princeton is also located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
      • Pine Creek
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Riverside
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverside is also located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Banker Mine ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Rockdale
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Rockdale is also located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
      • Winfield ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Americus
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Americus is also located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
      • Hamilton ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Hamilton was located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
      • Buena Vista
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Johnson Village
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
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        • Newett
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Newett is also located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newett
        • Alpine ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Alpine was located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Nathrop
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Iron City ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Iron City was located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
        • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Centerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Centerville is also located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Romley ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Romley was located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
        • Futurity
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Futurity is also located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Futurity
        • Swan ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Swan was located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
        • Hancock ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Stonewall
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Stonewall is also located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
        • Shavano ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Shavano was located in Chaffee County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano
  • Eagle County
  • Gunnison County
  • Lake County
    • County Website:   https://www.lakecountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Lake:   Leadville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Granite   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
      • Low Pass ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Balltown
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Balltown is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
      • Kobe
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Kobe is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kobe
      • Twin Lakes
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mount Massive Lakes
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Mount Massive Lakes is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Massive Lakes
      • Everett
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Everett is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Everett
      • Malta ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Malta was located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malta
      • Oro City ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Resurrection Mill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Resurrection Mill is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resurrection Mill
      • Stringtown
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Stringtown is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringtown
      • Adelaide
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Adelaide is located in Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adelaide
      • Leadville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
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        • Champion Mill
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Champion Mill is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Champion Mill
        • Leadville Junction
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Leadville Junction is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leadville Junction
        • Brumley
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Brumley is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brumley
        • Birdseye
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Birdseye is located in Lake County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdseye
        • Climax ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Park County
    • County Website:   https://www.parkcountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Park:   Fairplay
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Granite   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Granite.
      • Leavick ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Leavick was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leavick
      • Horseshoe ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sacramento ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sacramento was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
      • Haver ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Haver was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
      • Fairplay
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Park City ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Park City was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park City
      • Antero Junction ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Antero Junction was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antero Junction
      • Alma Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Alma
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Buckskin Joe ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Garo ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Garo was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garo
      • Dudley ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Dudley was located in Park County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudley
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Quartzville ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Quartzville was located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzville
        • Hartsel
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Como
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Peabodys ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Peabodys was located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peabodys
        • Trump ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Trump was located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
        • Pike - San Isabel Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Balfour ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Balfour was located in Park County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
  • Pitkin County
  • Summit County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Granite) 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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