Nearest Communities to Rio Blanco,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rio Blanco, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rio Blanco:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Rio Blanco.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rio Blanco is located in Rio Blanco County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Blanco County: Garfield, Moffat, Routt & Uintah (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 14 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rio Blanco. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco (which is Rio Blanco 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 Rio Blanco
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Rio Blanco County (where Rio Blanco resides)
- County Website: www.co.rio-blanco.co.us/
- County Seat for Rio Blanco: Meeker
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Blanco County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Blanco County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Blanco County
- Nearest Communities to Rio Blanco ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rio Blanco.
- Meeker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meeker
- Meeker is located in Rio Blanco County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,318 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Meeker <3>
- Buford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast) - White River City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White River City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White River City
- White River City is located in Rio Blanco County
- Garfield County
- County Website: www.garfield-county.com/
- County Seat for Garfield: Glenwood Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Garfield County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Garfield County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Garfield County
- Nearest Communities to Rio Blanco ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rio Blanco.
- Anvil Points
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anvil Points have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil Points
- Anvil Points is located in Garfield County
- Lacy
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Rulison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - Rifle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rifle have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rifle
- Rifle is located in Garfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,775 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rifle <3>
- Antlers
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Battlement Mesa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Battlement Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlement Mesa
- Battlement Mesa is located in Garfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Battlement Mesa <3>
- Parachute
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
- Parachute is located in Garfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
- Former name for Parachute:
- Grand Valley
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <3>
- Silt
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silt
- Silt is located in Garfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,109 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silt <3>
- Una
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - New Castle
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
- New Castle is located in Garfield County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,962 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Castle <3>
- Chacra
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacra
- Chacra is located in Garfield 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 from Point A (ie- Rio Blanco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rio Blanco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7378, Longitude: -107.9454 In this case, the coordinates for Rio Blanco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <4> | 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. |