Nearest Communities to Fort LaClede,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Fort LaClede, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Fort LaClede:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Fort LaClede.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Fort LaClede is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Sweetwater County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sweetwater County: Moffat (CO), Daggett (UT), Summit (UT), Carbon, Fremont, Lincoln, Sublette & Uinta.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 13 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort LaClede.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Fort LaClede (which is Sweetwater 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 Fort LaClede
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sweetwater County (where Fort LaClede resides)
- County Website: www.co.sweet.wy.us/
- County Seat for Sweetwater: Green River
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Sweetwater County
- Nearest Communities to Fort LaClede ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Fort LaClede.
- J O Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for J O Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for J O Junction
- J O Junction is located in Sweetwater County
- Bitter Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bitter Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitter Creek
- Bitter Creek is located in Sweetwater County
- Table Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Table Rock is located in Sweetwater County
- Monell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Robinson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Tipton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Black Buttes
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Buttes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Buttes
- Black Buttes is located in Sweetwater County
- Red Desert
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Desert have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Desert
- Red Desert is located in Sweetwater County
- Hallville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest) - Frewen ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Lower Shell Creek Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Shell Creek Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Shell Creek Crossing
- Lower Shell Creek Crossing is located in Sweetwater County
- Wamsutter
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wamsutter
- Wamsutter is located in Sweetwater County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wamsutter <5>
- Point of Rocks
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Rocks
- Point of Rocks is located in Sweetwater County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point of Rocks <5>
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- Fort LaClede) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort LaClede. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.4152, Longitude: -108.3893 In this case, the coordinates for Fort LaClede have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort LaClede, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |