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Nearest Communities to Edson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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

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

Edson is located in Sherman County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sherman County: Kit Carson (CO), Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Thomas & Wallace.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Edson. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Sherman 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 Edson (which is Sherman 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 Edson

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

  • Sherman County   (where Edson resides)
    • County Seat for Sherman:   Goodland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edson.
      • Goodland
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Caruso
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caruso have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruso
        • Caruso is located in Sherman County
      • Ruleton
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruleton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleton
        • Ruleton is located in Sherman County
      • Kanorado
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Cheyenne County
  • Logan County
    • County Seat for Logan:   Oakley
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edson.
      • McAllaster
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McAllaster have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAllaster
        • McAllaster is located in Logan County
      • Winona
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winona
        • Winona is located in Logan County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winona <3>
      • Page City
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page City
        • Page City is located in Logan County
  • Thomas County
    • County Seat for Thomas:   Colby
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edson.
      • Brewster
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brewster have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewster
        • Brewster is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brewster <3>
      • Brownville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownville
        • Brownville is located in Thomas County
      • Levant
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levant have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levant
        • Levant is located in Thomas County
      • Colby
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • Colby is located in Thomas County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,315 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colby <3>
  • Wallace County
    • County Seat for Wallace:   Sharon Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Edson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Edson.
      • North ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North
        • North is located in Wallace County
      • Wallace
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wallace have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallace
        • Wallace is located in Wallace County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wallace <3>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Edson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Edson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.3372, Longitude: -101.5404       In this case, the coordinates for Edson 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<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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