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Nearest Communities to Buxton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Buxton is located in Dare County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dare County: Hyde & Tyrrell.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buxton. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Dare 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 Buxton (which is Dare 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 Buxton

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

  • Dare County   (where Buxton resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.dare.nc.us/
    • County Seat for Dare:   Manteo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buxton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buxton.
      • Buxton Landing
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buxton Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buxton Landing
        • Buxton Landing is located in Dare County
      • Frisco
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frisco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
        • Frisco is located in Dare County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frisco <4>
      • Avon
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Avon is located in Dare County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Avon <4>
      • Hatteras
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatteras have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatteras
        • Hatteras is located in Dare County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatteras <4>
      • Little Kinnakeet
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Kinnakeet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Kinnakeet
        • Little Kinnakeet is located in Dare County
      • Fort Clark
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Clark have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Clark
        • Fort Clark is located in Dare County
      • Salvo
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salvo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salvo
        • Salvo is located in Dare County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salvo <4>
      • Steeple
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Steeple have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steeple
        • Steeple is located in Dare County
      • Waves Landing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waves Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waves Landing
        • Waves Landing is located in Dare County
      • Waves
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Rodanthe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rodanthe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodanthe
        • Rodanthe is located in Dare County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rodanthe <4>
      • South Rodanthe
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Rodanthe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rodanthe
        • South Rodanthe is located in Dare County
      • Chicamacomico Life Saving Station ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Uncle Jimmys Landing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uncle Jimmys Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncle Jimmys Landing
        • Uncle Jimmys Landing is located in Dare County
  • Hyde County
    • County Seat for Hyde:   Swan Quarter
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Buxton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Buxton.
      • Widgen Woods
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Widgen Woods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widgen Woods
        • Widgen Woods is located in Hyde County
      • Jackson Dunes
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jackson Dunes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Dunes
        • Jackson Dunes is located in Hyde County
      • Ocracoke
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ocracoke have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocracoke
        • Ocracoke is located in Hyde County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocracoke <4>
      • Oyster Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oyster Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oyster Creek
        • Oyster Creek is located in Hyde County
      • Pamlico Shores
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pamlico Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamlico Shores
        • Pamlico Shores is located in Hyde County
      • Sound Shores
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sound Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sound Shores
        • Sound Shores is located in Hyde County
      • Engelhard
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engelhard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engelhard
        • Engelhard is located in Hyde County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Engelhard <4>
      • Middletown
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
        • Middletown is located in Hyde County
      • White Plains
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
        • White Plains is located in Hyde County

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 from Point A (ie- Buxton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Buxton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2677, Longitude: -75.5424       In this case, the coordinates for Buxton 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.




 

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