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Nearest Communities to Astor,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Astor.<1>

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

Astor is located in Greeley County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greeley County: Cheyenne (CO), Kiowa (CO), Prowers (CO), Hamilton, Wallace & Wichita.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Astor. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Greeley 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 Astor (which is Greeley 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 Astor

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

  • Greeley County   (where Astor resides)
    • County Seat for Greeley:   Tribune
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Astor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Astor.
      • Walkinghood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walkinghood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkinghood
        • Walkinghood is located in Greeley County
      • Horace
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horace
        • Horace is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
      • Kanco ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanco
        • Kanco is located in Greeley County
      • Tribune
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tribune have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tribune
        • Tribune is located in Greeley County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 724 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tribune <4>
      • Whitelaw
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitelaw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitelaw
        • Whitelaw is located in Greeley County
  • Hamilton County
  • Wallace County
    • County Seat for Wallace:   Sharon Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Astor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Astor.
      • Weskan
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Sunland
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunland
        • Sunland is located in Wallace County
      • Sharon Springs
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Springs
        • Sharon Springs is located in Wallace County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 769 people
        • Former name for Sharon Springs:
        • Eagle Trail
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sharon Springs <4>
  • Wichita County
    • County Seat for Wichita:   Leoti
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Astor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Astor.
      • Selkirk ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selkirk have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
        • Selkirk is located in Wichita County
        • Selkirk has also been known as:
        • Selkirk Station
      • Leoti
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leoti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoti
        • Leoti is located in Wichita County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,420 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leoti <4>
  • Cheyenne County
  • Kiowa County
    • County Seat for Kiowa:   Eads (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Astor   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Astor.
      • Towner
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towner
        • Towner is located in Kiowa County (CO)
      • Stuart
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stuart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart
        • Stuart is located in Kiowa County (CO)
      • Sheridan Lake
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sheridan Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan Lake
        • Sheridan Lake is located in Kiowa County (CO)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheridan Lake <4>
      • Brandon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brandon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brandon
        • Brandon is located in Kiowa County (CO)
      • Water Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Water Valley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
        • Water Valley is located in Kiowa County (CO)
  • Prowers 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Astor) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Astor. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4728, Longitude: -101.9030       In this case, the coordinates for Astor have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.




 

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