Nearest Communities to Westplains,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Westplains, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Westplains:
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 from Westplains.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Westplains is located in Logan County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Logan County: Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld, Yuma, Cheyenne (NE) & Kimball (NE).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westplains. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Logan 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 Westplains (which is Logan 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 Westplains
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Logan County (where Westplains resides)
- County Website: https://logancounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Logan: Sterling
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westplains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westplains.
- Buchanan ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Buchanan is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Padroni
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jessica
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Jessica is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessica
- Peetz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Logan
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Willard ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Willard is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willard
- Ackerman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ackerman is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerman
- Hayford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hayford is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
- Iliff
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Sterling
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Atwood
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Selma
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Selma is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
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- Griff
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Griff is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griff
- Powell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Powell is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
- Merino
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Mills
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Mills is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
- Proctor ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Proctor is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
- Beta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Beta is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Galien
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Galien is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
- Washington County
- County Website: https://washingtoncounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Washington: Akron
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Messex
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Messex is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Messex
- Weld County
- County Website: https://www.weld.gov/
- County Seat for Weld: Greeley
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Westplains.
- Avalo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Avalo is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalo
- Former name for Avalo:
- Greasewood Flats
- Stoneham
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Raymer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Raymer is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymer
- Population from the 2020 Census: 120 people
- Raymer has also been known as:
- New Raymer
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raymer <3>
- Buckingham ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buckingham is located in Weld County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
- Cheyenne County
- County Website: https://www.cheyennecountyne.net/
- County Seat for Cheyenne: Sidney (NE)
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Westplains.
- Mount Vernon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Vernon is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Vernon
- Lorenzo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lorenzo is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo
- Potter
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Point of Rocks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Point of Rocks is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Brownson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Brownson is located in Cheyenne County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownson
- Kimball County
- County Website: https://www.kimballcountyne.gov/
- County Seat for Kimball: Kimball (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Westplains ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Westplains.
- Dix
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dix is located in Kimball County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dix <3>
- Jacinto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Jacinto is located in Kimball County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacinto
- Owasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Owasco is located in Kimball County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owasco
- Kimball
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stahlas North Court
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Stahlas North Court is located in Kimball County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stahlas North Court
- Oliver
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oliver is located in Kimball County (NE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliver
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 from Point A (ie- Westplains) 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. |