Nearest Communities to Buena Vista,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Buena Vista, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Buena Vista:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Buena Vista is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Graham County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Graham County: Apache, Cochise, Gila, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima & Pinal.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buena Vista. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Graham 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 Buena Vista (which is Graham 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 Buena Vista
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Graham County (where Buena Vista resides)
- County Website: https://www.graham.az.gov/
- County Seat for Graham: Safford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buena Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buena Vista.
- Sanchez ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sanchez is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanchez
- San Jose
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Jose is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
- Gripe
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Gripe is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gripe
- Solomon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hollywood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hollywood is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Lone Star
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Lone Star is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Star
- Safford
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Cactus Flat
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cactus Flat is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cactus Flat
- Graham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Graham is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graham
- Lebanon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- Swift Trail Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Swift Trail Junction is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Trail Junction
- Thatcher
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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- Kimball
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Kimball is located in Graham County
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- Artesia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Artesia is located in Graham County
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- Central
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Central is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Pima
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tanque
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tanque is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanque
- Bryce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bryce is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bryce
- Dublin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Dublin is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
- Glenbar ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Glenbar is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenbar
- Eden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Eden is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
- Turkey Flat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey Flat is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey Flat
- Indian Hot Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Indian Hot Springs is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hot Springs
- Old Columbine
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Old Columbine is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Columbine
- Cork
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cork is located in Graham County
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- Ashurst
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ashurst is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashurst
- Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
- Fort Thomas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Fort Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Grant is located in Graham County
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- Chaney Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chaney Place is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaney Place
- Bonita ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
- Emery
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Emery is located in Graham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery
- Greenlee County
- County Website: https://greenlee.az.gov/
- County Seat for Greenlee: Clifton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buena Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buena Vista.
- Aragon Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Aragon Place is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon Place
- Maques Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Maques Place is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maques Place
- Guthrie
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Guthrie is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
- East Plantsite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- East Plantsite is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Plantsite
- Morenci
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plantsite
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Plantsite is located in Greenlee County
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- Stargo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Stargo is located in Greenlee County
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- Three Way
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Three Way is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Way
- Apache Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Apache Grove is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Grove
- York
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- York is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Clifton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Metcalf is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf
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- Sheldon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Sheldon is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
- Spur Cross
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Spur Cross is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Cross
- Fox
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fox is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Granville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Granville is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
- Duncan
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Franklin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Franklin is located in Greenlee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
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- Buena Vista) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Buena Vista, 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. |
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