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Nearest Communities to Sanborn,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Sanborn is located in Dundy County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Dundy County: Yuma (CO), Cheyenne (KS), Rawlins (KS), Chase, Hayes & Hitchcock.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sanborn. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Dundy 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 Sanborn (which is Dundy 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 Sanborn

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

  • Dundy County   (where Sanborn resides)
    • County Seat for Dundy:   Benkelman
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sanborn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sanborn.
      • Haigler
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Parks
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Lamont ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lamont have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamont
        • Lamont is located in Dundy County
      • Benkelman
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Rainbow Fountain Park
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • 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
  • Chase County
  • Yuma County
    • County Seat for Yuma:   Wray (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sanborn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sanborn.
      • Laird
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laird
        • Laird is located in Yuma County (CO)
      • Wray
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wray
        • Wray is located in Yuma County (CO)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,353 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wray <3>
      • Beecher Island
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • 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)
      • Alvin
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alvin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvin
        • Alvin is located in Yuma County (CO)
      • Vernon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Armel
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • 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)
      • Robb
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Robb. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
        • Robb is located in Yuma County (CO)
      • Wauneta
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wauneta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauneta
        • Wauneta is located in Yuma County (CO)
      • Eckley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Idalia
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Idalia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idalia
        • Idalia is located in Yuma County (CO)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Idalia <3>
      • Hale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hale
        • Hale is located in Yuma County (CO)
      • Heartstrong
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heartstrong have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heartstrong
        • Heartstrong is located in Yuma County (CO)
  • Cheyenne 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 from Point A (ie- Sanborn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sanborn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.0536, Longitude: -102.0202       In this case, the coordinates for Sanborn 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>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.




 

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