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Nearest Communities to Westwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 from Westwater.<1>

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grand County: Garfield (CO), Mesa (CO), Carbon, Emery, San Juan & Uintah.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westwater. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Grand 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 Westwater (which is Grand 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 Westwater

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

  • Grand County   (where Westwater resides)
    • County Website:   www.grandcountyutah.net/
    • County Seat for Grand:   Moab
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westwater.
      • Cottonwood
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Cottonwood is located in Grand County
      • Agate ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agate
        • Agate is located in Grand County
      • Cisco ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Dewey ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dewey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dewey
        • Dewey is located in Grand County
      • Elba
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elba
        • Elba is located in Grand County
      • Sagers
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sagers have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sagers
        • Sagers is located in Grand County
      • Three Pines
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Pines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
        • Three Pines is located in Grand County
      • Richardson ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Richardson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
        • Richardson is located in Grand County
  • Garfield County
  • Mesa County
    • County Website:   www.co.mesa.co.us/
    • County Seat for Mesa:   Grand Junction (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westwater.
      • Utaline
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Utaline have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utaline
        • Utaline is located in Mesa County (CO)
      • Ruby
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruby have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
        • Ruby is located in Mesa County (CO)
      • Mack
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Loma
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
        • Loma is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <5>
      • Gilsonite
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilsonite have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilsonite
        • Gilsonite is located in Mesa County (CO)
      • Glade Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glade Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade Park
        • Glade Park is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glade Park <5>
      • Fruita
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruita have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
        • Fruita is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,295 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruita <5>
      • Rhone
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhone have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhone
        • Rhone is located in Mesa County (CO)
      • Redlands
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redlands have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
        • Redlands is located in Mesa County (CO)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Appleton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Appleton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
          • Appleton is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Durham
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Durham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
          • Durham is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Rosevale
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosevale have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
          • Rosevale is located in Mesa County (CO)
        • Gateway
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Grand Junction
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Orchard Mesa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orchard Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
          • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County (CO)

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- Westwater) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westwater. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.0806, Longitude: -109.1116       In this case, the coordinates for Westwater have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Westwater, 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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.




 

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