Nearest Communities to First Mesa,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to First Mesa, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for First Mesa:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
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.
First Mesa is located in Navajo County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Navajo County: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham & San Juan (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of First Mesa. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Navajo 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 First Mesa (which is Navajo 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 First Mesa
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Navajo County (where First Mesa resides)
- County Website: https://www.navajocountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Navajo: Holbrook
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to First Mesa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from First Mesa.
- Polacca
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Hano
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sichomovi
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Sichomovi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sichomovi
- Walpi
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Tewa
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tewa is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewa
- Wepo Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wepo Village is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wepo Village
- Mishongnovi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Mishongnovi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishongnovi
- Sipaulovi
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Sipaulovi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipaulovi
- Toreva
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Toreva is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toreva
- Second Mesa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Old Shongopavi ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Old Shongopavi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shongopavi
- Shongopovi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shongopovi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shongopovi
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Shungopavi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Shungopavi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shungopavi
- Keams Canyon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Kawaika-A
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Kawaika-A is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kawaika-A
- Chakpahu
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chakpahu is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chakpahu
- Pink Arrow
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Pink Arrow is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Arrow
- Kykotsmovi Village
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jeddito
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Jeddito is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeddito
- Kokopnyama
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Kokopnyama is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kokopnyama
- Nesuftanga
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Nesuftanga is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nesuftanga
- Oraibi
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Navajo Gospel Mission
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hard Rocks
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hard Rocks is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Rocks
- Low Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bacavi
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bacavi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacavi
- Bacavi has also been known as:
- Paaqavi
- Mahtson-pi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mahtson-pi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtson-pi
- Hotevilla - Bacavi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Hotevilla - Bacavi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotevilla - Bacavi
- Hotevilla
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huk Ovi
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Huk Ovi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huk Ovi
- Mumurva
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Mumurva is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumurva
- Aponi-vi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Aponi-vi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aponi-vi
- Pivahn-hon-kya-pi
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Pivahn-hon-kya-pi is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pivahn-hon-kya-pi
- Pinon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Signal
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Smoke Signal is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smoke Signal
- Seba Dalkai
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tees Toh
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Whitecone
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Whitecone is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitecone
- Cedar Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Na Ah Tee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Na Ah Tee is located in Navajo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Na Ah Tee
- Apache County
- County Website: https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Apache: Saint Johns
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to First Mesa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from First Mesa.
- Toyei
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Steamboat Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Steamboat Canyon is located in Apache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steamboat Canyon
- Steamboat
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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- First Mesa) 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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