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Nearest Communities to Wiggins,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Wiggins.<1>

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

Wiggins is located in Morgan County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morgan County: Adams, Logan, Washington & Weld.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wiggins. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Morgan 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 Wiggins (which is Morgan 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 Wiggins

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

  • Morgan County   (where Wiggins resides)
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Fort Morgan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wiggins   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wiggins.
      • Griffin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Griffin is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
      • Orchard
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Goodrich
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Goodrich is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodrich
      • Bijou
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Bijou is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
      • Weldona
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Lamb
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Lamb is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
      • Log Lane Village
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
      • Fort Morgan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Hoyt
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hurley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Hurley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
      • Moseley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Moseley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseley
      • Ninemile Corner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ninemile Corner is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninemile Corner
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Adena
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Adena is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adena
        • Twelvemile Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Dodd
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Dodd is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
        • Lodi
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Lodi is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
        • Nelson
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Nelson is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
        • Brush
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Snyder
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Camden
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Camden is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
        • Gary
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Gary is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
        • Hillrose
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Cooper
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Cooper is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
  • Adams County
  • Washington County
  • Weld County
    • County Website:   https://www.weld.gov/
    • County Seat for Weld:   Greeley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wiggins   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wiggins.
      • Masters
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Masters is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masters
      • Dearfield ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Canton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Canton is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
      • South Roggen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • South Roggen is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Roggen
      • Roggen
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Hardin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Tampa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Tampa is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tampa
      • Johnson
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Johnson is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
      • Krauss
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Krauss is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krauss
      • Prospect Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Prospect Valley is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Valley
      • Sheehan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sheehan is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheehan
      • Kuner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Kuner is located in Weld County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuner
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Keenesburg
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Sloan
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Sloan is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sloan
        • Cornish
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Cornish is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornish
        • Buckingham ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Buckingham is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckingham
        • Barnesville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Barnesville is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
        • Fosston
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Fosston is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosston
        • Spanish Village
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Spanish Village is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Village
        • Roy
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Roy is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
        • Raymer
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Matthews
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Matthews is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matthews
        • Kersey
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Gill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Alden
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Alden is located in Weld County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alden
        • Briggsdale
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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- Wiggins) 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.
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