Nearest Communities to Simla,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Simla, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Simla:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Simla.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Simla is located in Elbert County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Elbert County: Arapahoe, Douglas, El Paso, Lincoln & Washington.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Simla. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Elbert 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 Simla (which is Elbert 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 Simla
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Elbert County (where Simla resides)
- County Website: www.elbertcounty-co.gov/
- County Seat for Elbert: Kiowa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Elbert County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Elbert County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Elbert County
- Nearest Communities to Simla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simla.
- Matheson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matheson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matheson
- Matheson is located in Elbert County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matheson <4>
- Beck Sand Draw Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beck Sand Draw Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beck Sand Draw Crossing
- Beck Sand Draw Crossing is located in Elbert County
- Fondis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fondis
- Fondis is located in Elbert County
- Cedar Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Point
- Cedar Point is located in Elbert County
- Kutch
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Bijou
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Agate
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
- Agate is located in Elbert County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Agate <4>
- Kiowa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Kiowa is located in Elbert County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kiowa <4>
- Elbert
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elbert
- Elbert is located in Elbert County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elbert <4>
- El Paso County
- County Website: www.elpasoco.com/
- County Seat for El Paso: Colorado Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- El Paso County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- El Paso County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- El Paso County
- Nearest Communities to Simla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simla.
- Ramah
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
- Ramah is located in El Paso County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramah <4>
- Alta Vista
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta Vista
- Alta Vista is located in El Paso County
- Calhan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhan
- Calhan is located in El Paso County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 827 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calhan <4>
- Rush
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rush is located in El Paso County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rush <4>
- Yoder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yoder have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yoder
- Yoder is located in El Paso County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yoder <4>
- Peyton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peyton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peyton
- Peyton is located in El Paso County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Peyton <4>
- Ellicott
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellicott
- Ellicott is located in El Paso County
- Eastonville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastonville
- Eastonville is located in El Paso County
- Truckton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckton
- Truckton is located in El Paso County
- Former names for Truckton:
- Dunkin City
- Truck Town
- Lincoln County
- County Seat for Lincoln: Hugo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Lincoln County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Lincoln County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Lincoln County
- Nearest Communities to Simla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simla.
- Limon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limon
- Limon is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,945 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Limon <4>
- Punkin Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Punkin Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Punkin Center
- Punkin Center is located in Lincoln 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- Simla) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Simla. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1413, Longitude: -104.0830 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |