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Nearest Communities to Thermo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Beaver County: Lincoln (NV), Iron, Millard, Piute & Sevier.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Thermo. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Beaver 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 Thermo (which is Beaver 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 Thermo

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

  • Beaver County   (where Thermo resides)
    • County Website:   https://beaver.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Beaver:   Beaver
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thermo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thermo.
      • Laho
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Laho is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laho
      • Shauntie ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Shauntie is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shauntie
        • Shauntie has also been known as:
        • Moscow
        • Shaunty Springs
        • Shaunty
        • Shawnee
      • Cook Corner
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Cook Corner is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Corner
      • Arago City ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Arago City is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arago City
        • Arago City has also been known as:
        • South Camp
      • Beaver City ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Beaver City is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver City
      • Shenandoah City ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Shenandoah City is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah City
        • Shenandoah City has also been known as:
        • North Camp
        • North Star
        • Star City
      • Upton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Upton is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Minersville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Bradshaw ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Bradshaw is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradshaw
        • Bradshaw has also been known as:
        • Bradshaw City
        • Cave Mine Camp
        • Cave Mine
      • Milford
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Frisco ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Frisco is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frisco
      • Yellow Banks
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Yellow Banks is located in Beaver County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Banks
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        • Blueacre
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Blueacre is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blueacre
        • Adamsville
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Adamsville is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsville
          • Former names for Adamsville:
          • Beaver Iron Works
          • Wales
        • Newhouse ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Newhouse is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhouse
        • Murdock
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Murdock is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murdock
        • Greenville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Greenville is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
        • Revenue Mine ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Revenue Mine is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Revenue Mine
        • Smyths ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Smyths is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyths
          • Smyths has also been known as:
          • Read
          • Reed
        • Cunningham Hill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cunningham Hill is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham Hill
        • Beaver
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Beaver is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,200 people
          • Beaver has also been known as:
          • Beaver City
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <4>
        • Manderfield
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Manderfield is located in Beaver County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manderfield
  • Iron County
    • County Website:   https://ironcountyut.gov/
    • County Seat for Iron:   Parowan
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Thermo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Thermo.
      • Latimer
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Latimer is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latimer
      • Lund ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Lund is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lund
      • Avon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Avon is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
      • Wheatgrass
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Wheatgrass is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatgrass
      • Buckhorn Springs ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Buckhorn Springs is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn Springs
      • Zane ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Zane is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zane
        • Zane has also been known as:
        • Sahara
      • Fort Johnson ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Fort Johnson is located in Iron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Johnson

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- Thermo) 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 Thermo, 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.