Nearest Communities to Rock River,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rock River, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rock River:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Rock River.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rock River 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 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rock River. Of these communities, 15 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 Rock River (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 Rock River
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Albany County (where Rock River 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 Rock River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock River.
- Wilcox
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north) - Harper
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Albany County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Rock Creek
- From Rock River to Rock Creek
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lookout. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout is located in Albany County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lookout
- From Rock River to Lookout
- Cooper Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper Lake
- Cooper Lake is located in Albany County
- Bosler
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler
- Bosler is located in Albany County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Bosler
- From Rock River to Bosler
- Bosler Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bosler Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosler Junction
- Bosler Junction is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming Station
- Wyoming Station is located in Albany County
- Wyoming Station has also been known as:
- Wyoming
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Wyoming Station
- From Rock River to Wyoming Station
- Millbrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Howell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Hatton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Miller
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Carbon County
- County Seat for Carbon: Rawlins
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Wyoming
- Carbon County
- From Family Search:
- State of Wyoming
- Carbon County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Wyoming
- Carbon County
- Nearest Communities to Rock River ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock River.
- McFadden ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest) - Medicine Bow
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
- Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Medicine Bow
- From Rock River to Medicine Bow
- Arlington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest) - Woodedge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Morrisey ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest) - Old Brooks Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Brooks Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brooks Place
- Old Brooks Place is located in Carbon County
- Carbon ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west) - Oil Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Springs
- Oil Springs is located in Carbon County
- Elk Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
- Elk Mountain is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mountain <5>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elk Mountain
- From Rock River to Elk Mountain
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Como
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest) - Milo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Milo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo
- Milo is located in Carbon County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Milo
- From Rock River to Milo
- Widdowfield ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Widdowfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widdowfield
- Widdowfield is located in Carbon County
- Sampo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Ivans Grove ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ivans Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivans Grove
- Ivans Grove is located in Carbon County
- Elmo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Carbon County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Elmo
- From Rock River to Elmo
- Como
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- Rock River) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock River. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.7433, Longitude: -105.9768 |
| <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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |