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Nearest Communities to Blue Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Blue Crossing.<1>

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


Blue Crossing is located in Greenlee County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greenlee County: Apache, Cochise, Graham, Catron (NM), Grant (NM) & Hidalgo (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blue Crossing. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Greenlee 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 Blue Crossing (which is Greenlee 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 Blue Crossing

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

  • Greenlee County   (where Blue Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://greenlee.az.gov/
    • County Seat for Greenlee:   Clifton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Crossing.
      • Blue Vista
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Blue Vista is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Vista
      • Blue
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Balke Crossing
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Balke Crossing is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balke Crossing
      • Carlton Vista
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Carlton Vista is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Vista
      • Whispering Pines
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Whispering Pines is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whispering Pines
      • Cleaveland
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Cleaveland is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleaveland
      • Strayhorse
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Strayhorse is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strayhorse
      • Hannagan Meadow
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Hannagan Meadow is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannagan Meadow
      • Sprucedale ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sprucedale is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprucedale
      • Charlie Moore Place
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Charlie Moore Place is located in Greenlee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlie Moore Place
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Crossing.
      • Alpine
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Troweek
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Troweek is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troweek
      • Boneyard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Boneyard is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boneyard
      • Three Forks
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Three Forks is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
      • Nutrioso
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Crosby Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Crosby Crossing is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crosby Crossing
      • Feaster
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Feaster is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feaster
      • Rosebud
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Rosebud is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
      • Maverick ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Maverick is located in Apache County
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  • Catron County
    • County Website:   https://www.catroncounty.us/
    • County Seat for Catron:   Reserve (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blue Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blue Crossing.
      • Aspen Mountain
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Aspen Mountain is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen Mountain
      • Rancho Grande Estates
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Rancho Grande Estates is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Grande Estates
      • Potato Patch
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Potato Patch is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potato Patch
      • Luna
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Lower San Francisco Plaza
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Ruyle Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Ruyle Place is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruyle Place
      • San Francisco Plaza
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • San Francisco Plaza is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco Plaza
      • Old Campbell Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Old Campbell Place is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Campbell Place
      • Reserve
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Alma
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Alma is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
      • Cooney ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cooney is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooney
      • Claremont
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Claremont is located in Catron County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Mogollon ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Mogollon is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogollon
        • Glenwood
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Waterman Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Waterman Place is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Waterman Place
        • Gribble Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Gribble Place is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
        • Cruzville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cruzville is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
        • Pleasanton
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Pleasanton is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
        • Spur Lake ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Spur Lake is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Lake
        • Wilcox Peak
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Wilcox Peak is located in Catron County (NM)
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        • Apache Creek
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Apache Creek is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
        • Willow Mountain
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Willow Mountain is located in Catron County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Mountain

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Blue Crossing) 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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