Nearest Communities to Wheeler,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Wheeler, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Wheeler:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Wheeler.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Wheeler is located in Cheyenne County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cheyenne County: Kit Carson (CO), Yuma (CO), Rawlins, Sherman & Dundy (NE).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wheeler. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Cheyenne 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 Wheeler (which is Cheyenne 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 Wheeler
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cheyenne County (where Wheeler resides)
- County Website: www.cheyennecounty.org/
- County Seat for Cheyenne: Saint Francis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheeler ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
- Saint Francis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bird City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rawlins County
- County Seat for Rawlins: Atwood
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheeler ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
- McDonald
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDonald have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
- McDonald is located in Rawlins County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Beardsley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Sherman County
- County Seat for Sherman: Goodland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheeler ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
- Goodland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Caruso
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Caruso. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caruso
- Caruso is located in Sherman County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Caruso
- From Wheeler to Caruso
- Edson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Edson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edson
- Edson is located in Sherman County
- Ruleton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ruleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruleton
- Ruleton is located in Sherman County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Ruleton
- From Wheeler to Ruleton
- Yuma County
- County Seat for Yuma: Wray (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheeler ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
- Armel
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armel
- Armel is located in Yuma County (CO)
- Hale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Beecher Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beecher Island have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beecher Island
- Beecher Island is located in Yuma County (CO)
- Laird
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Dundy County
- County Seat for Dundy: Benkelman (NE)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Wheeler ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Wheeler.
- Parks
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Benkelman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rainbow Fountain Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow Fountain Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow Fountain Park
- Rainbow Fountain Park is located in Dundy County (NE)
- Haigler
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sanborn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sanborn have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanborn
- Sanborn is located in Dundy County (NE)
- Max
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
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- Wheeler) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Wheeler. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.7637, Longitude: -101.7114 |
<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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |