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Nearest Communities to Ayers,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Ayers is primarily located in Platte County. A portion of Ayers extends into Sweetwater County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Platte County: Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie & Niobrara.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ayers. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Platte 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 Ayers (which is Platte 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 Ayers

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

  • Platte County   (where Ayers resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.plattecountywyoming.com/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Wheatland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ayers   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ayers.
      • Ferguson Corner
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Ferguson Corner is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Corner
      • Gibson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Gibson is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Whiting
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Whiting is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Natwick
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Natwick is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natwick
      • Y-O Ranch
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Y-O Ranch is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y-O Ranch
      • Hightower
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Hightower is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightower
      • Wheatland
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Chugcreek
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Chugcreek is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
      • Westview Circle
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Westview Circle is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Circle
      • Sibylee
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Sibylee is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibylee
      • Bordeaux
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Bordeaux is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
      • Curtis
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Curtis is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Uva
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Uva is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uva
        • Slater
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Slater is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
        • Dwyer Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Dwyer Junction is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer Junction
        • Chugwater
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Dwyer
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Dwyer is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer
        • Brinton
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Brinton is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinton
        • Diamond
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Diamond is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
        • Guernsey
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Wendover ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Wendover is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
        • Crane
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Crane is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
        • Hartville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunrise ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunrise is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
        • Cassa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Cassa is located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassa
  • Albany County
  • Goshen County
  • Laramie County

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- Ayers) 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.
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