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Nearest Communities to Alton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.<1>

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

Alton is located in Kane County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kane County: Coconino (AZ), Mohave (AZ), Garfield, Iron, San Juan & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alton. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Kane 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 Alton (which is Kane 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 Alton

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

  • Kane County   (where Alton resides)
    • County Seat for Kane:   Kanab
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
      • Long Valley Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Glendale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Duck Creek Village
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Clarkdale ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clarkdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
        • Clarkdale is located in Kane County
        • Clarkdale has also been known as:
        • Clarkston
        • Skoompa
        • Skoots Pah
        • Skootspah
        • Skumpah
        • Skutumpah
      • Orderville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Carmel
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Carmel Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Navajo lake Lodge
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo lake Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo lake Lodge
        • Navajo lake Lodge is located in Kane County
      • Georgetown ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
        • Georgetown is located in Kane County
      • Johnson ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Johnson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
        • Johnson is located in Kane County
      • Fort Kanab ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Kanab. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanab
        • Fort Kanab is located in Kane County
      • Kanab
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Garfield County
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Panguitch
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
      • Asay ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asay
        • Asay is located in Garfield County
        • Asay has also been known as:
        • Asay Town
        • Asays
      • Hatch
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
        • Hatch is located in Garfield County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 141 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <3>
      • Hillsdale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
        • Hillsdale is located in Garfield County
      • Lake View Resort
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake View Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Resort
        • Lake View Resort is located in Garfield County
      • Juniper Park Resort
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Juniper Park Resort have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Park Resort
        • Juniper Park Resort is located in Garfield County
      • Panguitch Lake Resort
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Bryce Canyon City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bryce Canyon
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Clifton ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clifton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
        • Clifton is located in Garfield County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Cannonville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Tropic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Panguitch Fort. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
          • Panguitch Fort is located in Garfield County
        • Panguitch
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Loseeville ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Loseeville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
          • Loseeville is located in Garfield County
          • Loseeville has also been known as:
          • Losee
          • New Clifton
        • Henrieville
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   www.ironnet.org/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Parowan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
      • North View
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North View have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View
        • North View is located in Iron County
      • Brian Head
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   www.washco.state.ut.us/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Saint George
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alton.
      • Little Zion ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Zion
        • Little Zion is located in Washington County
      • Zion Lodge
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zion Lodge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Lodge
        • Zion Lodge is located in Washington 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- Alton) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alton. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4397, Longitude: -112.4826    
<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>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.
<5>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.




 

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