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Nearest Communities to Bedford,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.

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

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

Bedford 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 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bedford. Of these communities, 12 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 Bedford (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 Bedford

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Bedford resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.lincoln.wy.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Kemmerer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bedford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bedford.
      • Turnerville
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Turnerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
        • Turnerville is located in Lincoln County
      • Thayne
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Star Valley Ranch
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star Valley Ranch
        • Star Valley Ranch is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,700 people
      • Freedom
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Grover
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Auburn
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Etna
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Afton
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
        • Afton is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,071 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Afton <4>
      • Fairview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Osmond Community
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Osmond Community have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osmond Community
          • Osmond Community is located in Lincoln County
        • Alpine
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Alpine Junction
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Junction
          • Alpine Junction is located in Lincoln County
        • Alpine Northeast
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northeast
          • Alpine Northeast is located in Lincoln County
        • Smoot
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Alpine Northwest
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Northwest
          • Alpine Northwest is located in Lincoln County
  • Sublette County
    • County Seat for Sublette:   Pinedale
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bedford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bedford.
      • Halfway
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Halfway have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
        • Halfway is located in Sublette County
      • Merna
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Merna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merna
        • Merna is located in Sublette County
  • Teton County
  • Bonneville County
    • County Website:   www.co.bonneville.id.us/
    • County Seat for Bonneville:   Idaho Falls (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bedford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bedford.
      • Caribou City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caribou City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caribou City
        • Caribou City is located in Bonneville County (ID)
      • Gray
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gray have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
        • Gray is located in Bonneville County (ID)
      • Keenan City
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keenan City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keenan City
        • Keenan City is located in Bonneville County (ID)
      • Herman
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Herman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Herman
        • Herman is located in Bonneville County (ID)
  • Caribou County
    • County Seat for Caribou:   Soda Springs (ID)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bedford   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bedford.
      • Freedom
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freedom
        • Freedom is located in Caribou County (ID)
      • Williamsburg ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
        • Williamsburg is located in Caribou County (ID)
      • Old Williamsburg ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Williamsburg
        • Old Williamsburg is located in Caribou County (ID)
      • Wayan
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Henry
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Henry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
        • Henry is located in Caribou County (ID)

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- Bedford) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bedford. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.8996, Longitude: -110.9378    
<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>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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