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Nearest Communities to Holbrook,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 Holbrook.<1>

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


Holbrook is located in Oneida County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oneida County: Bannock, Cassia, Franklin, Power, Box Elder (UT) & Cache (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Holbrook. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Oneida 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 Holbrook (which is Oneida 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 Holbrook

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

  • Oneida County   (where Holbrook resides)
    • County Website:   https://oneidacountyid.com/
    • County Seat for Oneida:   Malad City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Holbrook   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Holbrook.
      • Nelson ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Nelson is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelson
      • Ireland Springs
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Ireland Springs is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ireland Springs
      • Cedarhill
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Cedarhill is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarhill
      • Holbrook Summit
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Holbrook Summit is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook Summit
      • Stone
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Buist
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Buist is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buist
      • Roy Summit
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Roy Summit is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy Summit
      • Ridgedale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Ridgedale is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgedale
      • Gwenford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Gwenford is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwenford
      • Pleasantview
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Pleasantview is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasantview
      • Samaria
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Samaria is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Samaria
      • Juniper
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Juniper is located in Oneida County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Black Pine
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Black Pine is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Pine
        • Saint Johns
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Saint Johns is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Johns
        • Daniels
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Daniels is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daniels
        • Malad City
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Cherry Creek
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Cherry Creek is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
        • Dairy Creek
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Dairy Creek is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dairy Creek
        • Woodruff
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Woodruff is located in Oneida County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
  • Bannock County
  • Cassia County
    • County Website:   https://www.cassia.gov/
    • County Seat for Cassia:   Burley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Holbrook   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Holbrook.
      • Sublett
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Sublett is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublett
      • Tipton ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Tipton is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tipton
      • Strevell ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Strevell is located in Cassia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strevell
  • Power County
  • Box Elder County
    • County Website:   https://www.boxeldercountyut.gov/
    • County Seat for Box Elder:   Brigham City (UT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Holbrook   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Holbrook.
      • Snowville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Blue Creek ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Blue Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Creek
      • Portage
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Portage is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
      • Curlew Junction
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Curlew Junction is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curlew Junction
      • Washakie
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Washakie is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washakie
      • Fort Malad ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Malad is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Malad
      • Howell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Howell is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Howell <3>
      • Portage Old Fort ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Portage Old Fort is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage Old Fort
      • Cedar Creek ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar Creek is located in Box Elder County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek

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 from Point A (ie- Holbrook) 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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