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Nearest Communities to Bear River,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bear River.<1>

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

Bear River is located in Uinta County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Uinta County: Rich (UT), Summit (UT), Lincoln & Sweetwater.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bear River. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Uinta 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 Bear River (which is Uinta 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 Bear River

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

  • Uinta County   (where Bear River resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.uintacountywy.gov/
    • County Seat for Uinta:   Evanston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear River.
      • Three Forks
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Three Forks is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
      • Almy ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Almy is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almy
      • Evanston
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Altamont
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Altamont is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
      • Aspen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Aspen is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
      • Beartown
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Beartown is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beartown
      • Spring Valley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Spring Valley is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
      • Bagan
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Bagan is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bagan
      • Hilliard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Hilliard is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilliard
      • Byrnes Crossing
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Byrnes Crossing is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byrnes Crossing
      • Bridger
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Bridger is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridger
      • Piedmont ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Piedmont is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
      • Antelope
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Antelope is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
      • Carter Cedars
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Carter Cedars is located in Uinta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carter Cedars
  • Lincoln County
  • Cache County
  • Rich County
    • County Website:   https://www.richcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Rich:   Randolph (UT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear River.
      • Woodruff
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Argyle ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Argyle is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Randolph
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Sage Creek ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
      • Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
  • Summit County
    • County Website:   https://www.summitcountyutah.gov/
    • County Seat for Summit:   Coalville (UT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bear River   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bear River.
      • Wahsatch ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Wahsatch is located in Summit County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahsatch
      • Castle Rock ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Castle Rock is located in Summit County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Rock
      • Emory
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Emory is located in Summit County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emory
  • Weber County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Bear River) 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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