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Nearest Communities to Bench,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.

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

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

Bench is located in Caribou County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Caribou County: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Franklin & Lincoln (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 68 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bench. Of these communities, 48 are located in counties other than Caribou 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 Bench (which is Caribou 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 Bench

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

  • Caribou County   (where Bench resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cariboucounty.us/
    • County Seat for Caribou:   Soda Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bench   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bench.
      • Niter
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Niter is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niter
      • Lago
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Lago is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lago
      • Grace
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Telluride
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Telluride is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
      • China Hill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • China Hill is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
      • Turner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Turner is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Alexander
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Alexander is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Rose
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Rose is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
      • Soda Springs
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Central
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Central is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Talmage
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Talmage is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
      • Lund
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lund is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Conda
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Conda is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conda
        • Meadowville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Meadowville is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
        • Bancroft
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Kinport
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kinport is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinport
        • Hatch
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Hatch is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
        • Pebble
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Pebble is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
        • Chesterfield ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Henry
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Henry is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
  • Bannock County
  • Bear Lake County
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountyidaho.org/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Preston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bench   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bench.
      • Thatcher
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Mound Valley
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Mound Valley is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Valley
      • Cleveland
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Cleveland is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Treasureton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Treasureton is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasureton
      • Mink Creek
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Mink Creek is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Creek
      • Banida
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Banida is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banida
      • Riverdale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Riverdale is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Coulam
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Coulam is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coulam
      • Oxford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Glendale
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Glendale is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
        • Winder
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Winder is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winder
        • Clifton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Egypt
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Egypt is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
        • Mapleton
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Mapleton is located in Franklin County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mapleton
        • Preston
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bench) 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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