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Nearest Communities to Peru,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Peru.<1>

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

Peru is located in 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 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Peru. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Sweetwater 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 Peru (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 Peru

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

  • Sweetwater County   (where Peru resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.sweet.wy.us/
    • County Seat for Sweetwater:   Green River
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Peru   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
      • James Town
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Town
        • James Town is located in Sweetwater County
      • Riovista
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riovista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riovista
        • Riovista is located in Sweetwater County
      • Riview
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riview
        • Riview is located in Sweetwater County
      • Bryan ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bryan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
        • Bryan is located in Sweetwater County
      • Green River
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Kanda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanda have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanda
        • Kanda is located in Sweetwater County
      • Westvaco ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westvaco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westvaco
        • Westvaco is located in Sweetwater County
      • Purple Sage
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purple Sage
        • Purple Sage is located in Sweetwater County
      • Little America
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Clearview Acres
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Acres
        • Clearview Acres is located in Sweetwater County
      • Granger Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granger Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger Junction
        • Granger Junction is located in Sweetwater County
      • North Rock Springs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rock Springs
        • North Rock Springs is located in Sweetwater County
      • Continue List   (15 more) ...
        • Blairtown
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairtown
          • Blairtown is located in Sweetwater County
        • Quealy
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quealy
          • Quealy is located in Sweetwater County
        • Rock Springs
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Granger
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Buckboard Crossing
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckboard Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckboard Crossing
          • Buckboard Crossing is located in Sweetwater County
        • Reliance
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Winton Junction
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winton Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Junction
          • Winton Junction is located in Sweetwater County
        • Arrowhead Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrowhead Springs
          • Arrowhead Springs is located in Sweetwater County
        • Stansbury ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stansbury have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stansbury
          • Stansbury is located in Sweetwater County
        • Dines ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dines
          • Dines is located in Sweetwater County
        • Baxter
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
          • Baxter is located in Sweetwater County
        • Winton ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
          • Winton is located in Sweetwater County
        • Squaw Hollow ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squaw Hollow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Hollow
          • Squaw Hollow is located in Sweetwater County
        • South Baxter
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Baxter
          • South Baxter is located in Sweetwater County
        • Sweeney Ranch
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sweeney Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeney Ranch
          • Sweeney Ranch is located in Sweetwater County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   www.co.lincoln.wy.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Kemmerer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Peru   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Peru.
      • Moxa
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moxa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxa
        • Moxa is located in Lincoln County
      • Rocky Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
        • Rocky Crossing is located in Lincoln County
  • Uinta County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Peru) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Peru. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.5497, Longitude: -109.5857       In this case, the coordinates for Peru 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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