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Nearest Communities to Sheephorn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Sheephorn is located in Eagle County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eagle County: Garfield, Grand, Lake, Pitkin, Routt & Summit.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sheephorn. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Eagle 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 Sheephorn (which is Eagle 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 Sheephorn

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

  • Eagle County   (where Sheephorn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.eaglecounty.us/
    • County Seat for Eagle:   Eagle
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheephorn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheephorn.
      • Yarmony
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Yarmony is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarmony
      • State Bridge
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • State Bridge is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Bridge
      • Bond
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Copper Spur
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Copper Spur is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper Spur
      • Orestod
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Orestod is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orestod
      • McCoy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Avon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Avon is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,952 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <3>
      • Wolcott
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Edwards
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Vail
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Vail is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vail
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,489 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vail <3>
      • West Vail
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • West Vail is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vail
      • Wilmor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Wilmor is located in Eagle County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmor
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Beaver Creek
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Dowds Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Dowds Junction is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowds Junction
        • Eagles Nest
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Eagles Nest is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagles Nest
        • Mid Vail
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Mid Vail is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mid Vail
        • Bighorn
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Bighorn is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bighorn
        • Carterville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Carterville is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carterville
        • Dell
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Dell is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
        • Minturn
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Burns
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Astor City ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Astor City is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Astor City
        • Derby Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Derby Junction is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby Junction
        • Belden
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Belden is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belden
        • Gilman ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Gilman is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
        • Eagle
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Red Cliff
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Fulford ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Fulford is located in Eagle County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulford
        • Gypsum
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Grand County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.grand.co.us/
    • County Seat for Grand:   Hot Sulphur Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheephorn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheephorn.
      • Radium
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Radium is located in Grand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium
      • Azure
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Azure is located in Grand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Azure
      • Kremmling
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Troublesome
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Troublesome is located in Grand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troublesome
      • Parshall
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Leal
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Leal is located in Grand County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leal
      • Hot Sulphur Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Routt County
  • Summit County
    • County Website:   https://www.summitcountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Summit:   Breckenridge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheephorn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheephorn.
      • Doenz Place
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Doenz Place is located in Summit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doenz Place
      • Heeney
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Slate Creek
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Slate Creek is located in Summit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Creek
      • Silverthorne
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Wildernest
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Dillon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Frisco
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Masontown
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Masontown is located in Summit County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masontown

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 from Point A (ie- Sheephorn) 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.