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Nearest Communities to Silt,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Silt 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silt. Of these communities, 8 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 Silt (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 Silt

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

  • Garfield County   (where Silt resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.garfieldcountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Glenwood Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Silt   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Silt.
      • New Castle
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Antlers
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Antlers is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antlers
      • Rifle
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Rifle is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rifle
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,775 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rifle <3>
      • Chacra
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Chacra is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chacra
      • Lacy
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Lacy is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacy
      • Funston
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Funston is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Funston
      • Glenwood Springs
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Anvil Points
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Anvil Points is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anvil Points
      • Cardiff
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Cardiff is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardiff
      • Rulison
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Rulison is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rulison
      • No Name
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • No Name is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Name
      • Cattle Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Cattle Creek is located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cattle Creek
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Grizzly
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Grizzly is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grizzly
        • Carbonate ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Carbonate is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonate
        • Higby
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Higby is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higby
        • Kiggin
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Kiggin is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiggin
        • Satank
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Satank is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Satank
        • Battlement Mesa
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Carbondale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Shoshone
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Shoshone is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoshone
        • Parachute
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Parachute is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parachute
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,114 people
          • Former name for Parachute:
          • Grand Valley
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parachute <3>
        • Allen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Allen is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
        • Catherine
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Catherine is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
        • Mulford
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Mulford is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulford
        • Una
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Una is located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Una
  • Eagle County
  • Gunnison County
  • Mesa County
  • Rio Blanco 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- Silt) 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.