Nearest Communities to Kiggin,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kiggin, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kiggin:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Kiggin.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Kiggin is located in Garfield County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County: Eagle, Mesa, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, Grand (UT) & Uintah (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kiggin. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Garfield 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 Kiggin (which is Garfield 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 Kiggin
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Garfield County (where Kiggin resides)
- County Website: https://www.garfieldcountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Garfield: Glenwood Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kiggin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kiggin.
- Satank
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Satank is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satank
- Cattle Creek
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
- Carbondale
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Catherine
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Catherine is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
- Mulford
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Mulford is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulford
- Cardiff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cardiff is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
- Glenwood Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Grizzly
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Grizzly is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
- Higby
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Higby is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
- No Name
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- No Name is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Name
- Funston
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Funston is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
- Shoshone
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Shoshone is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Allen
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Allen is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Chacra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chacra is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacra
- New Castle
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Silt
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Carbonate ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Carbonate is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
- Antlers
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Antlers is located in Garfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
- Rifle
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Eagle County
- County Website: https://www.eaglecounty.us/
- County Seat for Eagle: Eagle
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kiggin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kiggin.
- El Jebel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Leon is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Hooks
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Hooks is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooks
- Basalt
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- 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 <3>
- Dotsero
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Dotsero is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dotsero
- Gypsum
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruedi ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Ruedi is located in Eagle County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruedi
- Eagle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gunnison County
- County Website: https://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
- County Seat for Gunnison: Gunnison
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kiggin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kiggin.
- Patterson Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Patterson Place is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Place
- Marble
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crystal ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Crystal is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Schofield ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Schofield is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schofield
- Harry Parker Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harry Parker Place is located in Gunnison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harry Parker Place
- Pitkin County
- County Website: https://www.pitkincounty.com/
- County Seat for Pitkin: Aspen
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kiggin ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kiggin.
- Emma
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Emma is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emma
- Wingo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Wingo is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingo
- Snowmass
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Redstone
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Placita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Placita is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placita
- Snowmass Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Woody Creek
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Meredith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aspen
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lenado ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lenado is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenado
- Thomasville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Thomasville is located in Pitkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomasville
- Summit County
- County Website: https://www.summitcountyco.gov/
- County Seat for Summit: Breckenridge
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kiggin ...
- Parkville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Parkville is located in Summit County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
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- Kiggin) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |