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Nearest Communities to Beckwith,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.<1>

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


Beckwith is located in Lincoln County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Bear Lake (ID), Bonneville (ID), Caribou (ID), Rich (UT), Sublette, Sweetwater, Teton & Uinta.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Beckwith. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Beckwith (which is Lincoln 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 Beckwith

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Beckwith resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountywy.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Kemmerer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beckwith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beckwith.
      • Carlson
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Carlson is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlson
      • Pixley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Pixley is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pixley
      • Sage
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Sage is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage
      • Leefe
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Leefe is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leefe
      • Taylor
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Taylor is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Cokeville
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Fossil
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Fossil is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fossil
      • Marse
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Marse is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marse
      • Border
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Border is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
      • Border Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Border Junction is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border Junction
      • Elkol
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Elkol is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkol
      • Diamondville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
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        • Frontier
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Kemmerer
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Willow Addition
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Willow Addition is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Addition
        • Glencoe Junction
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Glencoe Junction is located in Lincoln County
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        • Oakley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Oakley is located in Lincoln County
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        • Blazon Junction
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Blazon Junction is located in Lincoln County
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  • Bear Lake County
    • County Website:   https://www.bearlakecounty.info/
    • County Seat for Bear Lake:   Paris (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beckwith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beckwith.
      • Bear Lake Sands
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Bear Lake Sands is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Pegram
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Pegram is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Border
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Border is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Chausse
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Chausse is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Bear Lake Hot Springs
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Bear Lake Hot Springs is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Lake Hot Springs
      • Turnpike
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Turnpike is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Harer
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Harer is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Lifton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Lifton is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Alton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Alton is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Fish Haven
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Glencoe
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Glencoe is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
      • Raymond
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Raymond is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
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      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Saint Charles
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Dingle
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Wardboro
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Wardboro is located in Bear Lake County (ID)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardboro
        • Bloomington
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rich County
    • County Website:   https://www.richcounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Rich:   Randolph (UT)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Beckwith   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Beckwith.
      • Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sage Creek Junction is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek Junction
      • Sage Creek ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sage Creek is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sage Creek
      • Laketown
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Randolph
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Garden
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Garden is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
      • Pickelville ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Pickelville is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickelville
      • Round Valley ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Round Valley is located in Rich County (UT)
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      • Garden City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Meadowville
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Meadowville is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowville
      • Argyle ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Argyle is located in Rich County (UT)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argyle
      • Lakota
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Lakota is located in Rich County (UT)
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      • Old Limber Pine
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Old Limber Pine is located in Rich County (UT)
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      • Woodruff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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- Beckwith) 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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