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Nearest Communities to Harper,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Harper.<1>

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


Harper is located in Albany County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Albany County: Jackson (CO), Larimer (CO), Carbon, Converse, Laramie & Platte.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Harper. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Albany 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 Harper (which is Albany 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 Harper

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

  • Albany County   (where Harper resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.albanycountywy.gov/
    • County Seat for Albany:   Laramie
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Harper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Harper.
      • Rock River
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lookout ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Lookout is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
      • Wilcox
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Wilcox is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilcox
      • Cooper Lake
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Cooper Lake is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Lake
      • Rock Creek ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Rock Creek is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
      • Bosler
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Bosler is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
      • Bosler Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Bosler Junction is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler Junction
      • Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
        • Wyoming Station has also been known as:
        • Wyoming
      • Howell
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Howell is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
      • Millbrook
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Millbrook is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millbrook
      • Miller
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Miller is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller
      • Hatton
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Hatton is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatton
      • West Laramie
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • West Laramie is located in Albany County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laramie
  • Carbon County
    • County Website:   https://www.carboncountywy.gov/
    • County Seat for Carbon:   Rawlins
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Harper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Harper.
      • McFadden ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • McFadden is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFadden
      • Arlington
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Arlington is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
      • Woodedge
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Woodedge is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodedge
      • Medicine Bow
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Morrisey ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Morrisey is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrisey
      • Old Brooks Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Old Brooks Place is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brooks Place
      • Carbon ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Carbon is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon
      • Oil Springs
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Oil Springs is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
      • Elk Mountain
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Widdowfield ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Widdowfield is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widdowfield
      • Como
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Como is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Como
      • Milo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Milo is located in Carbon County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Harper) 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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