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Nearest Communities to Westvaco,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 Westvaco.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Westvaco is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Westvaco. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Sweetwater 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 Westvaco (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 Westvaco

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

  • Sweetwater County   (where Westvaco resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.sweet.wy.us/
    • County Seat for Sweetwater:   Green River
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westvaco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westvaco.
      • Little America
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Bryan ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bryan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryan
        • Bryan is located in Sweetwater County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Bryan
        • From Westvaco to Bryan
      • Granger Junction
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Granger Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger Junction
        • Granger Junction is located in Sweetwater County
      • Granger
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Peru
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Peru have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
        • Peru is located in Sweetwater County
      • James Town
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Riview
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riview have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riview
        • Riview is located in Sweetwater County
      • Riovista
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riovista have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riovista
        • Riovista is located in Sweetwater County
      • Green River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Kanda
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kanda have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanda
        • Kanda is located in Sweetwater County
      • Purple Sage
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Clearview Acres
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Buckboard Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buckboard Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckboard Crossing
          • Buckboard Crossing is located in Sweetwater County
        • North Rock Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Blairtown
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blairtown have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blairtown
          • Blairtown is located in Sweetwater County
        • Quealy
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Winton Junction
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Winton Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton Junction
          • Winton Junction is located in Sweetwater County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   www.co.lincoln.wy.us/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Kemmerer
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westvaco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westvaco.
      • Moxa
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moxa have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxa
        • Moxa is located in Lincoln County
      • Rocky Crossing
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rocky Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
        • Rocky Crossing is located in Lincoln County
      • Fontenelle
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Opal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Uinta County
    • County Website:   www.uintacounty.com/
    • County Seat for Uinta:   Evanston
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Westvaco   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Westvaco.
      • Verne
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Verne have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verne
        • Verne is located in Uinta County
      • Hampton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hampton have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampton
        • Hampton is located in Uinta County
      • Elkhurst
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkhurst have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhurst
        • Elkhurst is located in 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Westvaco) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Westvaco. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.6220, Longitude: -109.8107       In this case, the coordinates for Westvaco have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Westvaco, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>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.




 

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