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Nearest Communities to Soda Springs,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Soda Springs.<1>

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


Soda Springs is located in Caribou County and is the County Seat.

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 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Soda Springs. Of these communities, 29 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 Soda Springs (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 Soda Springs

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

  • Caribou County   (where Soda Springs resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cariboucounty.us/
    • County Seat for Caribou:   Soda Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soda Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soda Springs.
      • Rose
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Rose is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
      • Conda
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Conda is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conda
      • Alexander
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Alexander is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
      • Meadowville
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Meadowville is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
      • Grace
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Talmage
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Talmage is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talmage
      • Bench
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Bench is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bench
      • Central
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Central is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Niter
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Niter is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niter
      • Telluride
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Telluride is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telluride
      • Turner
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Turner is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
      • China Hill
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • China Hill is located in Caribou County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Hill
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Lago
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Lago is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lago
        • Bancroft
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Lund
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • Lund is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
        • Henry
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Henry is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Hatch
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Hatch is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
        • Kinport
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Kinport is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinport
        • Chesterfield ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Chesterfield is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesterfield
        • Pebble
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Pebble is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble
        • Old Williamsburg ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Old Williamsburg is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Williamsburg
        • Wayan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Williamsburg ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Williamsburg is located in Caribou County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
  • Bannock County
    • County Website:   https://www.bannockcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Bannock:   Pocatello
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soda Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soda Springs.
      • Dempsey ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Dempsey is located in Bannock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dempsey
      • Lava Hot Springs
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Topaz ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Topaz is located in Bannock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topaz
      • Cambridge
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Cambridge is located in Bannock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
      • Zenda
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Zenda is located in Bannock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zenda
      • Arimo
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Marsh Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Marsh Valley is located in Bannock County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Valley
      • McCammon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Bear Lake County
    • County Website:   https://www.bearlakecounty.info/
    • County Seat for Bear Lake:   Paris
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soda Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soda Springs.
      • Manson
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Manson is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
      • Nounan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Nounan is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nounan
      • Novene
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Novene is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novene
      • Georgetown
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Lindsayville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Lindsayville is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsayville
      • Wooleys
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Wooleys is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wooleys
      • Sharon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Sharon is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon
      • Bennington
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Bennington is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennington
      • Liberty
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Liberty is located in Bear Lake County
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      • Bern
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Lanark
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Lanark is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
      • Ovid
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Ovid is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ovid
      • Giveout
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Giveout is located in Bear Lake County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giveout
      • Montpelier
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bonneville County
  • Franklin County
    • County Website:   https://www.franklincountyidaho.org/
    • County Seat for Franklin:   Preston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Soda Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Soda Springs.
      • Thatcher
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Mound Valley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Mound Valley is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mound Valley
      • Cleveland
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Cleveland is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
      • Mink Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Mink Creek is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mink Creek
      • Treasureton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Treasureton is located in Franklin County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasureton
  • Lincoln County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Soda Springs) 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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