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Nearest Communities to Hayford,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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.<1>

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


Hayford is located in Logan County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Logan County: Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, Yuma, Cheyenne (NE) & Kimball (NE).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hayford. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Logan 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 Hayford (which is Logan 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 Hayford

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

  • Logan County   (where Hayford resides)
    • County Website:   https://logancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Logan:   Sterling
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hayford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hayford.
      • Ackerman
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Ackerman is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerman
      • Sterling
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jessica
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Jessica is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessica
      • Padroni
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Iliff
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Twin Mills
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Twin Mills is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
      • Galien
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Galien is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
      • Selma
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Selma is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
      • Buchanan ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Buchanan is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
      • Griff
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Griff is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griff
      • Atwood
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Powell
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Powell is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Logan
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Logan is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
        • Proctor ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Proctor is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
        • Leroy
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Leroy is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
        • Merino
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Fleming
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Tobin
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Tobin is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobin
        • Beta
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Beta is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
        • Willard ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Willard is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
        • Peetz
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Saint Petersburg
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Saint Petersburg is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Petersburg
        • Westplains
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Westplains is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
        • New Haven
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • New Haven is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
        • Crook
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Dailey
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Dailey is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
        • Marcott
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Marcott is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcott
        • Rockland
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Rockland is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
        • Red Lion
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Red Lion is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lion
  • Morgan County
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Fort Morgan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hayford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hayford.
      • Balzac
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Balzac is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
      • Union
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Union is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Cooper
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cooper is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Hillrose
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Phillips County
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   https://washingtoncounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Akron
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hayford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hayford.
      • Messex
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Messex is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
      • Burdett ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Burdett is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burdett
      • Leslie ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Leslie is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
      • Lone Star ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Lone Star is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
      • Curtis ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Curtis is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
  • Weld County
  • Cheyenne County

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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hayford) 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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