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Nearest Communities to Willard,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Willard.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Willard is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Willard. Of these communities, 28 are located in counties other than Logan 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 Willard (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 Willard

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

  • Logan County   (where Willard resides)
    • County Website:   https://logancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Logan:   Sterling
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Willard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
      • Logan
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Logan is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
      • Beta
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Beta is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
      • Merino
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Atwood
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Sterling
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Twin Mills
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Twin Mills is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Mills
      • Ackerman
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Ackerman is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ackerman
      • Hayford
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Hayford is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayford
      • Westplains
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Westplains is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westplains
      • Jessica
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jessica is located in Logan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessica
      • Padroni
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Buchanan ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Galien
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Galien is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galien
        • Iliff
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Selma
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Selma is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
        • Griff
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Griff is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griff
        • Leroy
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Powell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Powell is located in Logan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
  • Morgan County
    • County Website:   https://morgancounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Morgan:   Fort Morgan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Willard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Willard.
      • Balzac
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Balzac is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balzac
      • Union
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Union is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
      • Cooper
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Cooper is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Hillrose
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Snyder
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Camden
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Camden is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
      • Brush
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Dodd
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Dodd is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodd
      • Nelson
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Nelson is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Lodi
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Lodi is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi
      • Hurley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Hurley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
      • Moseley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Moseley is located in Morgan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moseley
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Fort Morgan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Log Lane Village
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Log Lane Village is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Log Lane Village
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 848 people
        • Lamb
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Lamb is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamb
        • Bijou
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Bijou is located in Morgan County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bijou
        • Weldona
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington County
  • Weld 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 from Point A (ie- Willard) 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 Willard, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.