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Nearest Communities to Wood Hill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

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

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


Wood Hill is located in Carbon County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Carbon County: Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Sanpete & Utah.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wood Hill. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Carbon 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 Wood Hill (which is Carbon 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 Wood Hill

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

  • Carbon County   (where Wood Hill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.carbon.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Carbon:   Price
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Hill.
      • Price
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Price is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,427 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Price <3>
      • Carbonville
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Carbonville is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbonville
      • Spring Glen
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Spring Glen is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Glen
      • Kenilworth
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Kenilworth is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenilworth
      • Helper
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Helper is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helper
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Helper <3>
      • Martin
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Martin is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Wildcat
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Wildcat is also located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wildcat
      • Wellington
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Heiner ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Heiner was located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiner
        • Former names for Heiner:
        • Carbon
        • Panther
      • Peerless ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Peerless was located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peerless
      • Spring Canyon ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Spring Canyon was located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Canyon
        • Spring Canyon has also been known as:
        • Storrs
      • Standardville ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Standardville was located in Carbon County
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        • Castle Gate ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
          • Castle Gate was located in Carbon County
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        • Latuda ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Latuda was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latuda
        • Royal ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
          • Royal was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
          • Former names for Royal:
          • Bear Canyon
          • Cameron
          • Rolapp
        • Mutual ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Mutual was located in Carbon County
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        • Rains ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Rains was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rains
        • Wattis Junction
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Wattis Junction is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattis Junction
        • Coal City
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Coal City is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal City
          • Former names for Coal City:
          • Cedar Mesa Ranch
          • Great Western
          • Oak Springs Bench
        • Sweet ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Sweet was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet
        • Wattis ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Wattis was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattis
        • Kiz ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Kiz was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiz
        • National ‑ Historic
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • National was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National
        • Hiawatha
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Hiawatha is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
        • Consumers ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Consumers was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Consumers
        • Sunnyside Junction
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Sunnyside Junction is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside Junction
        • Clear Creek
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Clear Creek is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clear Creek
        • Columbia Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Columbia Junction is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia Junction
        • Scofield
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Scofield is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scofield
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
        • East Carbon City
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • East Carbon City is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Carbon City
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,608 people
          • Former names for East Carbon City:
          • Drager
          • Dragerton
          • East Carbon City has also been known as:
          • East Carbon
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Carbon City <3>
        • Winter Quarters ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Winter Quarters was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winter Quarters
        • Sunnydale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Sunnydale is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnydale
        • Sunnyside
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Columbia
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Columbia is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
        • Upper Sunnyside
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Upper Sunnyside is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sunnyside
        • Bruin Point
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Bruin Point is also located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruin Point
        • Harper ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Harper was located in Carbon County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harper
  • Emery County
    • County Website:   https://emery.utah.gov/
    • County Seat for Emery:   Castle Dale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Hill.
      • Elmo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Victor ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Victor was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victor
      • Desert Lake ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Desert Lake was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desert Lake
      • Mohrland ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Mohrland was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mohrland
      • Cleveland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Hale ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Hale was located in Emery County
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      • Huntington
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Connellsville ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Connellsville was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Connellsville
      • Lawrence ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Lawrence was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
      • Cedar ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Cedar was located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar
      • Horse Canyon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Horse Canyon is located in Emery County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Canyon
      • Castle Dale
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
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        • Grassy ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Grassy was located in Emery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
        • Orangeville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Shanty Town ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Shanty Town was located in Emery County
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        • Wilsonville ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Wilsonville was located in Emery County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsonville
  • Sanpete County
  • Utah County
    • County Website:   https://www.utahcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Utah:   Provo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wood Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wood Hill.
      • Kyune
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Kyune is located in Utah County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kyune
      • Colton ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Colton was located in Utah County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
      • Gilluly
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Gilluly is located in Utah County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilluly
      • Tucker ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Tucker was located in Utah County
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  • Wasatch County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wood Hill) 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.