Nearest Communities to Williamsburg,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Williamsburg, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Williamsburg:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Williamsburg.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Williamsburg is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Caribou County.
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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Williamsburg. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Caribou County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Williamsburg (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 Williamsburg
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Caribou County (where Williamsburg resides)
- County Website: https://www.cariboucounty.us/
- County Seat for Caribou: Soda Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williamsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
- Old Williamsburg ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Old Williamsburg is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Williamsburg
- Wayan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Freedom is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
- Henry
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Henry is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
- Conda
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Conda is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conda
- Meadowville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Meadowville is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
- Soda Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Rose
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rose is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose
- Alexander
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Alexander is located in Caribou County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
- Bear Lake County
- County Website: https://www.bearlakecounty.info/
- County Seat for Bear Lake: Paris
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williamsburg ...
- Manson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manson is located in Bear Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manson
- Bingham County
- County Website: https://www.binghamid.gov/
- County Seat for Bingham: Blackfoot
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- Four Corners
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Four Corners is located in Bingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Corners
- Bonneville County
- County Website: https://www.bonnevillecountyidaho.gov/
- County Seat for Bonneville: Idaho Falls
- Genealogy Websites ...
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- These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
- Gray
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gray is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
- Caribou City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Caribou City is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
- Keenan City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Keenan City is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
- Herman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Herman is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
- Palisades
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Palisades is located in Bonneville County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palisades
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Kemmerer (WY)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Williamsburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Williamsburg.
- Freedom
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Thayne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Etna
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Star Valley Ranch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Star Valley Ranch is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley Ranch
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,700 people
- Bedford
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Auburn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Turnerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Turnerville is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
- Alpine Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine Junction is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Junction
- Alpine Northwest
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine Northwest is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northwest
- Alpine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Grover
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Alpine Northeast
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Alpine Northeast is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northeast
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- Afton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Afton is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <4>
- Fairview
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Osmond Community
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osmond Community is located in Lincoln County (WY)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osmond Community
- Smoot
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
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- Williamsburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williamsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |