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Nearest Communities to Eagle,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Eagle.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Eagle is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Carbon County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Big Horn, Park, Stillwater, Yellowstone, Big Horn (WY) & Park (WY).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Eagle. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Carbon 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 Eagle (which is Carbon 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 Eagle

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

  • Carbon County   (where Eagle resides)
    • County Website:   https://carbonmt.gov/
    • County Seat for Carbon:   Red Lodge
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle.
      • Bearcreek
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Caledonia ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Caledonia is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
      • Scotch Coulee ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Scotch Coulee is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotch Coulee
      • Washoe ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Washoe is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washoe
      • Red Lodge
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Belfry
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Chance
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Chance is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
      • Fox ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Fox is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
      • Richel Lodge
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Richel Lodge is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richel Lodge
      • Golden ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Golden is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Cherry Springs ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Cherry Springs is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Springs
      • Wade
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Wade is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wade
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Roberts
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Bridger
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Linley ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Linley is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linley
        • Luther
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Luther is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luther
        • Simpkins Place
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Simpkins Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpkins Place
        • Selmes
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Selmes is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selmes
        • Alex Boggio Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Alex Boggio Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alex Boggio Place
        • Rankin Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Rankin Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rankin Place
        • Bowler ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Bowler is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowler
        • Coalville ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Coalville is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalville
        • Fromberg
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Peterson Place
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Peterson Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson Place
        • Roscoe
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Boyd
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • George Place ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • George Place is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Place
        • Alpine
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Alpine is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Warren
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Warren is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
        • Joliet
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Edgar
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Montaqua
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Montaqua is located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montaqua
  • Stillwater County
  • Big Horn County
  • Park County
    • County Website:   https://parkcounty-wy.gov/
    • County Seat for Park:   Cody (WY)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle.
      • Badger Basin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Badger Basin is located in Park County (WY)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger Basin
      • Clark
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Elk Basin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Elk Basin is located in Park County (WY)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Basin
      • Kamms Corner
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kamms Corner is located in Park County (WY)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kamms Corner

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 from Point A (ie- Eagle) 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 Eagle, 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.
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