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Nearest Communities to Swan,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Although our information shows that the community of Swan is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Chaffee County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaffee County: Fremont, Gunnison, Lake, Park, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 70 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Swan. Of these communities, 34 are located in counties other than Chaffee County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Swan (which is Chaffee 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 Swan

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

  • Chaffee County   (where Swan resides)
    • County Website:   www.chaffeecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Chaffee:   Salida
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Centerville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
        • Centerville is located in Chaffee County
      • Turret ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
        • Turret is located in Chaffee County
      • Nathrop
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathrop
        • Nathrop is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nathrop <5>
      • Browns Canon
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Browns Canon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
        • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
      • Futurity
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Futurity have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Futurity
        • Futurity is located in Chaffee County
      • Belleview
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belleview have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
        • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
      • Johnson Village
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johnson Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson Village
        • Johnson Village is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson Village <5>
      • Smeltertown
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Smeltertown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
        • Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
      • Salida
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Buena Vista
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
        • Buena Vista is located in Chaffee County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,116 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <5>
      • Poncha Springs
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Cleora
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleora have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
        • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
      • Continue List   (24 more) ...
        • Maysville ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
          • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
        • Alpine ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
          • Alpine is located in Chaffee County
        • Newett
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newett
          • Newett is located in Chaffee County
        • Shavano ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shavano have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano
          • Shavano is located in Chaffee County
        • Americus
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Americus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
          • Americus is located in Chaffee County
        • Mears Junction
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mears Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Junction
          • Mears Junction is located in Chaffee County
        • Garfield ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
          • Garfield is located in Chaffee County
        • Iron City ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Iron City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
          • Iron City is located in Chaffee County
        • Saint Elmo ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Elmo
          • Saint Elmo is located in Chaffee County
        • Monarch
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hancock ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
          • Hancock is located in Chaffee County
        • Romley ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romley
          • Romley is located in Chaffee County
        • Stonewall
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stonewall have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
          • Stonewall is located in Chaffee County
        • Shirley ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shirley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
          • Shirley is located in Chaffee County
        • Riverside
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverside have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
          • Riverside is located in Chaffee County
        • Pine Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pine Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Creek
          • Pine Creek is located in Chaffee County
        • Princeton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Princeton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
          • Princeton is located in Chaffee County
        • Granite
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Hamilton ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
          • Hamilton is located in Chaffee County
        • Hawkinsville ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hawkinsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkinsville
          • Hawkinsville is located in Chaffee County
        • Vicksburg ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
          • Vicksburg is located in Chaffee County
          • Vicksburg has also been known as:
          • Vicksburg Mining Camp
        • Banker Mine ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Banker Mine. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banker Mine
          • Banker Mine is located in Chaffee County
        • Rockdale
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockdale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockdale
          • Rockdale is located in Chaffee County
        • Winfield ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
          • Winfield is located in Chaffee County
  • Fremont County
    • County Website:   www.fremontco.com/
    • County Seat for Fremont:   Canon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Whitehorn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehorn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorn
        • Whitehorn is located in Fremont County
      • Swissvale
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swissvale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
        • Swissvale is located in Fremont County
      • Wellsville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
        • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
      • Calcite ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Calcite have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
        • Calcite is located in Fremont County
      • Howard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Vallie
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vallie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
        • Vallie is located in Fremont County
      • Coaldale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Pleasanton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasanton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
        • Pleasanton is located in Fremont County
      • Cotopaxi
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Texas Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
        • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
  • Gunnison County
    • County Website:   www.co.gunnison.co.us/
    • County Seat for Gunnison:   Gunnison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Whitepine
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitepine
        • Whitepine is located in Gunnison County
        • Whitepine has also been known as:
        • White Pine
      • Tincup
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tincup
        • Tincup is located in Gunnison County
      • Abbeyville
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbeyville
        • Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County
        • Former name for Abbeyville:
        • Hillerton
      • Pitkin
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Bowerman ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bowerman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
        • Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
        • Bowerman has also been known as:
        • Camp Bowerman
        • Nugget City
      • Waunita Hot Springs ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waunita Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunita Hot Springs
        • Waunita Hot Springs is located in Gunnison County
      • Campbelltown
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbelltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbelltown
        • Campbelltown is located in Gunnison County
  • Lake County
    • County Seat for Lake:   Leadville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Low Pass ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Low Pass. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Low Pass
        • Low Pass is located in Lake County
      • Balltown
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balltown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
        • Balltown is located in Lake County
  • Park County
    • County Website:   www.parkco.us/
    • County Seat for Park:   Fairplay
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Antero Junction ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antero Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antero Junction
        • Antero Junction is located in Park County
      • Trump ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trump have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trump
        • Trump is located in Park County
      • Haver ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haver have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haver
        • Haver is located in Park County
      • Balfour ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balfour have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balfour
        • Balfour is located in Park County
      • Hartsel
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Guffey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guffey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guffey
        • Guffey is located in Park County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guffey <5>
      • Garo ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garo
        • Garo is located in Park County
      • Pike - San Isabel Village
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pike - San Isabel Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pike - San Isabel Village
        • Pike - San Isabel Village is located in Park County
  • Saguache County
    • County Website:   www.slv.org/saguachecounty/
    • County Seat for Saguache:   Saguache
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Swan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Swan.
      • Alder ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alder have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
        • Alder is located in Saguache County
      • Chester
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chester have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
        • Chester is located in Saguache County
      • Bonanza
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
        • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
      • Kerper City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kerper City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City
        • Kerper City is located in Saguache County
      • Sargents
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sargents have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sargents
        • Sargents is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sargents <5>
      • Sedgewick ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sedgewick have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewick
        • Sedgewick is located in Saguache County
      • Villa Grove
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
        • Villa Grove is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villa Grove <5>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.6800, Longitude: -106.0420       In this case, the coordinates for Swan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Swan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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