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Nearest Communities to Desert Mound,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 from Desert Mound.<1>

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


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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iron County: Lincoln (NV), Beaver, Garfield, Kane & Washington.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Desert Mound. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Iron 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 Desert Mound (which is Iron 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 Desert Mound

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

  • Iron County   (where Desert Mound resides)
    • County Website:   https://ironcountyut.gov/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Parowan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Desert Mound   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Desert Mound.
      • Iron Springs
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Iron Springs is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Springs
      • Halivah
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Halivah is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halivah
      • Hamiltons Fort
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hamiltons Fort is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamiltons Fort
        • Former names for Hamiltons Fort:
        • Fort Hamblin
        • Fort Sidon
        • Fort Walker
        • Hambleton
        • Hamblin
        • Shirts Creek
        • Sidon
        • Hamiltons Fort has also been known as:
        • Hamilton Fort
        • Hamilton
      • Iron Mountain
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Iron Mountain is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Mountain
      • Cedar City
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Cedar City is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,090 people
        • Former names for Cedar City:
        • Coal Creek
        • Little Muddy
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar City <4>
      • Fort Kanarra ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Kanarra is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Kanarra
      • Kanarraville
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Little Pinto ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Little Pinto is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Pinto
        • Little Pinto has also been known as:
        • Page Ranch
      • Old Irontown
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Old Irontown is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Irontown
        • Old Irontown has also been known as:
        • Iron City
        • Irontown
      • Cedar Highlands
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Cedar Highlands is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Highlands
      • Enoch
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Johnson's Fort ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Johnson's Fort is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson's Fort
        • Johnson's Fort has also been known as:
        • Johnson Springs
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Avon
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Avon is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
        • Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson
        • Newcastle
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Summit
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Beryl Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Beryl Junction is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl Junction
        • Lund ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Lund is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
        • Zane ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Zane is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zane
          • Zane has also been known as:
          • Sahara
        • Brian Head
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • North View
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • North View is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View
        • Beryl
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Beryl is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
        • Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Parowan Adobe Fort is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
        • Parowan
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Latimer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Latimer is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
        • Yale Crossing ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Yale Crossing is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale Crossing
        • Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Paragonah Fort is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
        • Paragonah
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Paragonah is located in Iron County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 556 people
          • Former names for Paragonah:
          • Paragoonah
          • Red Creek
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paragonah <4>
  • Kane County
  • Washington County
    • County Website:   https://www.washco.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Washington:   Saint George
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Desert Mound   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Desert Mound.
      • Fort Harmony ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Fort Harmony is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Harmony
      • New Harmony
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Pinto
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Pinto is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
      • Hamblin ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hamblin is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamblin
      • Holt ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Holt is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holt
      • Blue Springs
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Blue Springs is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
      • Pintura
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Pintura is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintura
        • Former names for Pintura:
        • Ashton
        • Bellvue
      • Mountain Meadows ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mountain Meadows is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Meadows
      • Pine Valley
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Enterprise
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Central
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Central is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Anderson Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Anderson Junction is located in Washington County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson Junction
        • Former names for Anderson Junction:
        • Anderson's Ranch
        • McPhersons Flat

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Desert Mound) 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 Desert Mound, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.