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Nearest Communities to Hightower,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Hightower.<1>

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

Hightower 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hightower. Of these communities, 8 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 Hightower (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 Hightower

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

  • Platte County   (where Hightower resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.plattecountywyoming.com/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Wheatland
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hightower   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hightower.
      • Westview Circle
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Westview Circle is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Circle
      • Wheatland
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Gibson
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Gibson is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
      • Whiting
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Whiting is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
      • Y-O Ranch
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
        • Y-O Ranch is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y-O Ranch
      • Curtis
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Curtis is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis
      • Sibylee
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Sibylee is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sibylee
      • Ayers
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Ayers is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayers
      • Chugcreek
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Chugcreek is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
      • Natwick
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Natwick is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natwick
      • Ferguson Corner
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ferguson Corner is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Corner
      • Uva
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Uva is also located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uva
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Bordeaux
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Bordeaux is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bordeaux
        • Dwyer Junction
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • Dwyer Junction is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer Junction
        • Dwyer
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Dwyer is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer
        • Slater
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Slater is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
        • Wendover ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Wendover was located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
        • Guernsey
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Chugwater
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Brinton
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Brinton is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brinton
        • Crane
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Crane is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
        • Cassa
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Cassa is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassa
        • Hartville
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Sunrise ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Sunrise was located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
        • Diamond
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Diamond is also located in Platte County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Albany County
  • Converse County
  • Goshen County
  • Laramie County

Footnotes ...

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