Nearest Communities to Alton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Please note 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.
Alton is located in Bear Lake County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bear Lake County: Caribou, Franklin, Rich (UT) & Lincoln (WY).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alton. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Bear Lake 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 Alton (which is Bear Lake 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 Alton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bear Lake County (where Alton resides)
- County Website: https://www.bearlakecounty.info/
- County Seat for Bear Lake: Paris
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
- Harer
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Harer is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harer
- Chausse
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Chausse is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chausse
- Raymond
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Raymond is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raymond
- Pegram
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pegram is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Dingle
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Border
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Border is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
- Wardboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Wardboro is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardboro
- Montpelier
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Turnpike
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnpike
- Geneva
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bear Lake Hot Springs
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Lake Hot Springs is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake Hot Springs
- Lifton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lifton is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lifton
- Continue List (19 more) ...
- Paris
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Giveout
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Giveout is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giveout
- Bear Lake Sands
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bear Lake Sands is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake Sands
- Bloomington
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ovid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ovid is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
- Bennington
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bennington is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
- Bern
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Charles
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lanark
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Lanark is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Liberty is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Sharon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sharon is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
- Fish Haven
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Lindsayville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lindsayville is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsayville
- Wooleys
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Wooleys is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooleys
- Glencoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glencoe is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Georgetown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Novene
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Novene is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novene
- Nounan
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Nounan is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nounan
- Manson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Manson is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Franklin County
- County Website: https://www.franklincountyidaho.org/
- County Seat for Franklin: Preston
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
- Mink Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mink Creek is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Creek
- Cleveland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Cleveland is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
- Glendale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Glendale is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Mound Valley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mound Valley is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Valley
- Rich County
- County Website: https://www.richcounty.gov/
- County Seat for Rich: Randolph (UT)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
- Lakota
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Lakota is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakota
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pickelville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
- Garden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garden is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
- Old Limber Pine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Limber Pine is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Limber Pine
- Laketown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Meadowville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville is located in Rich County (UT)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Kemmerer (WY)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
- Border Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Border Junction is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Junction
- Border
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Border is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
- Marse
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Marse is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marse
- Taylor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
- Cokeville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pixley
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Pixley is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
- Beckwith
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Beckwith is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beckwith
- Carlson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Carlson is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlson
- Smoot
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Leefe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Leefe is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefe
- Sage
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Sage is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
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- Alton) 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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