Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Point of Rocks, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Point of Rocks:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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 Point of Rocks.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Point of Rocks 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 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Point of Rocks. Of these communities, 33 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 Point of Rocks (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 Point of Rocks
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Albany County (where Point of Rocks resides)
- County Website: www.co.albany.wy.us/
- County Seat for Albany: Laramie
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Albany County
- Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Point of Rocks.
- Binford
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford
- Binford is located in Albany County
- Toltec
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Toltec is located in Albany County
- Squaw Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Squaw Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Squaw Place
- Squaw Place is located in Albany County
- Garrett
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Reed Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reed Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Place
- Reed Place is located in Albany County
- Converse County
- County Website: www.conversecounty.org/
- County Seat for Converse: Douglas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Converse County
- Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Point of Rocks.
- Esterbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esterbrook
- Esterbrook is located in Converse County
- Bona
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Ammon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - McKinley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Foster
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Irvine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Orin Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orin Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orin Junction
- Orin Junction is located in Converse County
- Orin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - Deadmans Corner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deadmans Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deadmans Corner
- Deadmans Corner is located in Converse County
- Douglas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas
- Douglas is located in Converse County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Douglas <4>
- XH Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for XH Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for XH Crossing
- XH Crossing is located in Converse County
- Platte County
- County Seat for Platte: Wheatland
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Platte County
- Nearest Communities to Point of Rocks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Point of Rocks.
- Dwyer Junction
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dwyer Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer Junction
- Dwyer Junction is located in Platte County
- Cassa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Dwyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Glendo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendo
- Glendo is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glendo <4>
- Wendover ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Westview Circle
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westview Circle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Circle
- Westview Circle is located in Platte County
- Hightower
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Uva
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Curtis
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Sibylee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Wheatland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Wheatland is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,522 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wheatland <4>
- Guernsey
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guernsey
- Guernsey is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,143 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guernsey <4>
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Chugcreek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chugcreek
- Chugcreek is located in Platte County
- Gibson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Whiting
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Y-O Ranch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Crane
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Hartville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartville
- Hartville is located in Platte County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartville <4>
- Ayers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Natwick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - Sunrise ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
- Sunrise is located in Platte County
- Ferguson Corner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferguson Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson Corner
- Ferguson Corner is located in Platte County
- Chugcreek
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Point of Rocks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Point of Rocks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.3422, Longitude: -105.2778 In this case, the coordinates for Point of Rocks 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. |