Nearest Communities to Hecla,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hecla, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hecla:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Hecla.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Hecla is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Laramie County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Laramie County: Larimer (CO), Weld (CO), Banner (NE), Kimball (NE), Albany, Goshen & Platte.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hecla. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Laramie County.
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 Hecla (which is Laramie 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 Hecla
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Laramie County (where Hecla resides)
- County Website: https://www.laramiecountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Laramie: Cheyenne
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Granite Canon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Granite Canon is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Canon
- Granite
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Granite is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite
- Silver Crown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Silver Crown is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Crown
- Borie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Borie is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borie
- Islay
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Islay is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Islay
- Harriman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Harriman is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriman
- Speer
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Speer is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Speer
- Horse Creek
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cheyenne
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orchard Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Orchard Valley is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Valley
- Murke
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Murke is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murke
- Gleason
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Gleason is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- South Greeley
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- South Greeley is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Greeley
- Ranchettes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Ranchettes is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchettes
- Athol
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Athol is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athol
- Altus
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Altus is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altus
- Altvan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Altvan is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altvan
- Archer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Archer is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer
- Farthing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Farthing is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farthing
- Durham
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Durham is located in Laramie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
- Albany County
- County Website: https://www.albanycountywy.gov/
- County Seat for Albany: Laramie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Buford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hirsig
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hirsig is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hirsig
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sherman is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Sherman has also been known as:
- Old Sherman
- Dale Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Dale Creek is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale Creek
- Hermosa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hermosa is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Colores
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Colores is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colores
- Tie Siding
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- The Buttes
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- The Buttes is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Buttes
- Red Buttes ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Red Buttes is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Buttes
- Laramie
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- West Laramie
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- West Laramie is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Laramie
- Howell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Howell is located in Albany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howell
- Larimer County
- County Website: https://www.larimer.gov/
- County Seat for Larimer: Fort Collins (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Virginia Dale
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Norfolk
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Norfolk is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk
- Buckeye
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Buckeye is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckeye
- Livermore
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rex
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Rex is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rex
- Bulger
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Bulger is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulger
- Owl Canyon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Owl Canyon is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owl Canyon
- Waverly
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
- Dixon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Dixon is located in Larimer County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
- Weld County
- County Website: https://www.weld.gov/
- County Seat for Weld: Greeley (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hecla ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hecla.
- Warren
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Weld County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Carr
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rockport is located in Weld County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
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- Hecla) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hecla, 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. |
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