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Nearest Communities to Niagara Falls,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Niagara Falls is located in Niagara County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Niagara County: Erie, Genesee & Orleans.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 221 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Niagara Falls. Of these communities, 124 are located in counties other than Niagara 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 Niagara Falls (which is Niagara 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 Niagara Falls

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

  • Niagara County   (where Niagara Falls resides)
    • Given the large number of communities that are located in Niagara County, we have limited the list to those within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Niagara Falls (about 90 communities).
    • County Website:   https://www.niagaracounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Niagara:   Lockport
    • Note: The Canadian Province of Ontario lies to the west, Lake Erie to the southwest and Lake Ontario to the north
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Niagara Falls   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Niagara Falls.
      • Pletchers Corners
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • La Salle
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • La Salle is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salle
      • Varsity Village
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Varsity Village is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varsity Village
      • Black Creek Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Black Creek Village is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek Village
      • Love Canal ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Love Canal is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Love Canal
      • Lewiston Heights
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Lewiston Heights is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston Heights
      • Colonial Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Colonial Village is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
      • Walmore
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Walmore is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walmore
      • Escarpment
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Escarpment is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escarpment
      • Glenwood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Glenwood is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
      • Lewiston
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Rumsey Ridge
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Rumsey Ridge is located in Niagara County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumsey Ridge
      • Continue List   (85 more) ...
  • Erie County
    • Given the large number of communities that are located in Erie County, we have limited the list to those within 29 miles [46.7 km]<1> of Niagara Falls (about 100 communities).
    • County Website:   https://www.erie.gov/
    • County Seat for Erie:   Buffalo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Niagara Falls   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Niagara Falls.
      • Sandy Beach
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sandy Beach is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Beach
      • Sheenwater
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Sheenwater is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheenwater
      • Edgewater
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Edgewater is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewater
      • Grandyle Village
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Grandyle Village is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandyle Village
      • Sour Spring Grove
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Sour Spring Grove is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sour Spring Grove
      • Ferry Village
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ferry Village is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferry Village
      • Oakfield
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Oakfield is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakfield
      • Tonawanda
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Bucyrus Heights
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Bucyrus Heights is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus Heights
      • Brighton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Brighton is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brighton
      • Ellwood Park
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Ellwood Park is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ellwood Park
      • Green Acres Valley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Green Acres Valley is located in Erie County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres Valley
      • Continue List   (108 more) ...
  • Genesee County
  • Orleans 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- Niagara Falls) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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