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Nearest Communities to Olsen,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Olsen is located in Bingham County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bingham County: Bannock, Blaine, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Jefferson & Power.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Olsen. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Bingham 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 Olsen (which is Bingham 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 Olsen

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

  • Bingham County   (where Olsen resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.binghamid.gov/
    • County Seat for Bingham:   Blackfoot
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olsen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olsen.
      • Havens
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Havens is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havens
      • Fullmer
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Fullmer is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fullmer
      • Taber
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Taber is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taber
      • Rockford
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Rockford is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockford
      • Aberdeen Junction
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberty
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rouse
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Rouse is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
      • Moreland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Thomas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Thomas is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
      • Pingree
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Aiken
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Aiken is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aiken
      • Clarkson
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Clarkson is located in Bingham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkson
      • Continue List   (29 more) ...
        • Riverside
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • McDonaldville
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • McDonaldville is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonaldville
        • Peterson ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Peterson is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
        • Groveland
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Groveland is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groveland
        • Collins
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Rising River
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Rising River is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rising River
        • Rose
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Rose is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
        • Atomic City
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Springfield
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Blackfoot
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Gibson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Gibson is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
        • Sterling
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Sterling is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
        • Wapello
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Grandview
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
          • Grandview is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
        • Cerro Grande
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Cerro Grande is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Grande
        • Fort Hall
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Coffee Point
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Kimball
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Kimball is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimball
        • Firth
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Basalt
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Goshen Junction
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Goshen Junction is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen Junction
        • Fingal
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Fingal is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fingal
        • Shelley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Woodville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Aberdeen
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Goshen
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Goshen is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
        • Mitchell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Mitchell is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell
        • Cox
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Cox is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cox
        • Gay
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Gay is located in Bingham County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gay
  • Bannock County
  • Bonneville County
  • Butte County
  • Power County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Olsen) 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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