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Nearest Communities to Lawman Ford,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Lawman Ford.<1>

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


Lawman Ford is located in Valley County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Valley County: Adams, Boise, Custer, Gem & Idaho.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lawman Ford. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Valley 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 Lawman Ford (which is Valley 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 Lawman Ford

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

  • Valley County   (where Lawman Ford resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valley.id.us/
    • County Seat for Valley:   Cascade
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lawman Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lawman Ford.
      • Fritser Ford
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Fritser Ford is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fritser Ford
      • Abstein Place
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Abstein Place is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abstein Place
      • Yellow Pine
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Big Creek
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Big Creek is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Creek
      • Edwardsburg
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Edwardsburg is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsburg
      • Midnight
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Midnight is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
      • Stibnite
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Stibnite is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stibnite
      • Elo ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Elo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elo
      • Lardo ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lardo is located in Valley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lardo
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • McCall
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Clover ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Clover is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
        • Paradise Valley Summer Home Area
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Archabal
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Archabal is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archabal
        • Lake Fork
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Spink
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Spink is located in Valley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink
  • Idaho County
    • County Website:   https://idahocounty.org/planb/
    • County Seat for Idaho:   Grangeville
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lawman Ford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lawman Ford.
      • Warren
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Burgdorf
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Mackay Bar
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Mackay Bar is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackay Bar
      • Fourway Junction
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Fourway Junction is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourway Junction
      • Cross Trails
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Cross Trails is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Trails
      • Cable Car Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Cable Car Crossing is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cable Car Crossing
      • Green
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Green is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green
      • Turner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Turner is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • Jim Moore Place
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jim Moore Place is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Moore Place
      • French Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • French Creek is located in Idaho County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French 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- Lawman Ford) 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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