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Nearest Communities to Vulcan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Vulcan.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vulcan. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Gunnison 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 Vulcan (which is Gunnison 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 Vulcan

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

  • Gunnison County   (where Vulcan resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Gunnison:   Gunnison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Vulcan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Vulcan.
      • Midway ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Midway is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Powderhorn
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Spencer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Spencer is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
      • Hierro
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Hierro is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hierro
      • Chance
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Chance is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
      • Iola ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Iola is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Smith Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Smith Place is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Place
      • Gateview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Gateview is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateview
      • Gunnison
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Sillsville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sillsville is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sillsville
      • Parlin
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Sapinero
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Sapinero is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapinero
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Doyleville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Doyleville is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyleville
        • Almont
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Ohio City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Baldwin ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Baldwin is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
        • Bowerman ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bowerman is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowerman
          • Bowerman has also been known as:
          • Camp Bowerman
          • Nugget City
        • Campbelltown
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Campbelltown is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbelltown
        • Waunita Hot Springs ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Waunita Hot Springs is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunita Hot Springs
  • Hinsdale County
  • Montrose County
  • Saguache 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- Vulcan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Vulcan, 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.
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