Nearest Communities to Dwyer,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dwyer, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dwyer:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Dwyer.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Dwyer is located in Platte County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Platte County: Albany, Converse, Goshen, Laramie & Niobrara.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dwyer. Of these communities, 13 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 Dwyer (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 Dwyer
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Platte County (where Dwyer resides)
- County Seat for Platte: Wheatland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- Nearest Communities to Dwyer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dwyer.
- Dwyer Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dwyer Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer Junction
- Dwyer Junction is located in Platte County
- Wendover ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Uva
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Guernsey
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Guernsey is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guernsey <4>
- Curtis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Sibylee
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Cassa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Crane
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wheatland is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
- Hartville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
- Hartville is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <4>
- Chugcreek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
- Chugcreek is located in Platte County
- Westview Circle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westview Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Circle
- Westview Circle is located in Platte County
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Sunrise ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunrise is located in Platte County
- Hightower
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Y-O Ranch
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Gibson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Whiting
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Glendo
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendo
- Glendo is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendo <4>
- Ayers
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Ferguson Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferguson Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Corner
- Ferguson Corner is located in Platte County
- Natwick
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Bordeaux
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Meadowdale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadowdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
- Meadowdale is located in Platte County
- Slater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Sunrise ‑ Historic
- Albany County
- County Website: www.co.albany.wy.us/
- County Seat for Albany: Laramie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- Nearest Communities to Dwyer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dwyer.
- Point of Rocks
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point of Rocks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Point of Rocks is located in Albany County
- Binford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford
- Binford is located in Albany County
- Converse County
- County Website: www.conversecounty.org/
- County Seat for Converse: Douglas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- Nearest Communities to Dwyer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dwyer.
- Esterbrook
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esterbrook
- Esterbrook is located in Converse County
- Bona
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Ammon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Deadmans Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadmans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Corner
- Deadmans Corner is located in Converse County
- McKinley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Orin Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orin Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orin Junction
- Orin Junction is located in Converse County
- Orin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Goshen County
- County Seat for Goshen: Torrington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Goshen County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Goshen County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Goshen County
- Nearest Communities to Dwyer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dwyer.
- Fort Laramie
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Laramie
- Fort Laramie is located in Goshen County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Laramie <4>
- Rockeagle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Barnes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Mers Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Dwyer) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Dwyer. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.2422, Longitude: -104.9561 In this case, the coordinates for Dwyer have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
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