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Nearest Communities to Terreton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Terreton is located in Jefferson County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jefferson County: Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Clark, Fremont & Madison.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Terreton. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Jefferson 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 Terreton (which is Jefferson 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 Terreton

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

  • Jefferson County   (where Terreton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.jcgov.us/
    • County Seat for Jefferson:   Rigby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Terreton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Terreton.
      • Mud Lake
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Level ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Level is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Level
      • Monteview
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Sage Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Sage Junction is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Junction
      • Hamer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Hamer is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamer
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamer <3>
      • Hawgood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Hawgood is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawgood
      • Camas
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Camas is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camas
      • Roberts
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Bassett
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bassett is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
      • Menan
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Menan is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Menan
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 807 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Menan <3>
      • Lewisville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Midway
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Jefferson County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Barlow
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Barlow is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlow
        • Grant
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Grant is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
        • Annis
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Garfield
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Garfield is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
        • Rigby
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lorenzo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Lorenzo is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorenzo
        • Labelle
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Labelle is located in Jefferson County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Labelle
  • Bonneville County
    • County Website:   https://www.bonnevillecountyidaho.gov/
    • County Seat for Bonneville:   Idaho Falls
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Terreton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Terreton.
      • Osgood
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Osgood is located in Bonneville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osgood
      • Coltman
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Coltman is located in Bonneville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coltman
      • Payne
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Payne is located in Bonneville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
      • Ucon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ucon is located in Bonneville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ucon
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,172 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ucon <3>
      • Orvin
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Orvin is located in Bonneville County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orvin
  • Butte County
  • Clark County
  • Fremont County
  • Madison County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.madison.id.us/
    • County Seat for Madison:   Rexburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Terreton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Terreton.
      • Independence ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Independence is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
      • Plano
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Burton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Burton is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
      • Edmonds
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Hinckley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Hinckley is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinckley
      • Hibbard
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Hibbard is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
      • Thornton
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Thornton is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton
      • Mark
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Mark is located in Madison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mark

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Terreton) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.