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Nearest Communities to Hatch,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 starting from Hatch.<1>

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


Hatch is located in Garfield County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Garfield County: Beaver, Iron, Kane, Piute, San Juan & Wayne.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hatch. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Garfield 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 Hatch (which is Garfield 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 Hatch

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

  • Garfield County   (where Hatch resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.garfield.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Garfield:   Panguitch
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hatch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hatch.
      • Hillsdale
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Hillsdale is also located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
      • Asay ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Asay was located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asay
        • Asay has also been known as:
        • Asay Town
        • Asays
      • Panguitch Fort ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Panguitch Fort was located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panguitch Fort
      • Panguitch
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Lake View Resort
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Lake View Resort is also located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake View Resort
      • Juniper Park Resort
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Juniper Park Resort is also located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper Park Resort
      • Panguitch Lake Resort
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Bryce Canyon City
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Bryce Canyon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Tropic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Tropic is also located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tropic
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 514 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tropic <3>
      • Cannonville
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Clifton ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Clifton was located in Garfield County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
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        • Loseeville ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Loseeville was located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loseeville
          • Loseeville has also been known as:
          • Losee
          • New Clifton
        • Bear Valley Junction
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Bear Valley Junction is also located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley Junction
        • Henrieville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Spry
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Spry is also located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spry
        • Widtsoe Junction ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Widtsoe Junction was located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widtsoe Junction
        • Widtsoe
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Widtsoe is also located in Garfield County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widtsoe
          • Former names for Widtsoe:
          • Adairville
          • Houston
          • Winder
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   https://ironcountyut.gov/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Parowan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hatch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hatch.
      • North View
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • North View is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North View
      • Brian Head
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Paragonah Fort ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Paragonah Fort was located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paragonah Fort
      • Paragonah
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • 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 <3>
      • Parowan Adobe Fort ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Parowan Adobe Fort was located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parowan Adobe Fort
      • Parowan
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Buckhorn Springs was located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
      • Wheatgrass
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Wheatgrass is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatgrass
      • Summit
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Kane County
    • County Website:   https://kane.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Kane:   Kanab
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hatch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hatch.
      • Long Valley Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Alton
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Alton is located in Kane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
        • Former names for Alton:
        • Graham
        • Roundy's Station
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
      • Duck Creek Village
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Georgetown ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Georgetown was located in Kane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
      • Navajo lake Lodge
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Navajo lake Lodge is located in Kane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo lake Lodge
      • Glendale
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Clarkdale ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Clarkdale was located in Kane County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkdale
        • Clarkdale has also been known as:
        • Clarkston
        • Skoompa
        • Skoots Pah
        • Skootspah
        • Skumpah
        • Skutumpah
      • Orderville
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Mount Carmel
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Hatch) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.