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Nearest Communities to Milkwater,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 from Milkwater.<1>

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

Milkwater is located in Apache County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Apache County: Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Montezuma (CO), Catron (NM), Cibola (NM), McKinley (NM), San Juan (NM) & San Juan (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Milkwater. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Apache 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 Milkwater (which is Apache 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 Milkwater

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

  • Apache County   (where Milkwater resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Milkwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Milkwater.
      • White Clay
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • White Clay is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Clay
      • Lower Wheatfields
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Lower Wheatfields is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Wheatfields
      • Upper Wheatfields
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Upper Wheatfields is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Wheatfields
      • Sawmill
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Sawmill is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
      • Wheatfields
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Wheatfields is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
      • Sehili
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Sehili is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sehili
      • Tsaile
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Del Muerto
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Del Muerto is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Muerto
      • Bonita Trading Post
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Bonita Trading Post is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Trading Post
      • Fort Defiance
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Nazlini
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Junction Overlook
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Junction Overlook is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Overlook
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Woodsprings
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • Woodsprings is located in Apache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsprings
          • Woodsprings has also been known as:
          • Woodspring Trading Post
        • Lukachukai
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Wood Springs
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Wood Springs is located in Apache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
        • Flat Rock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Flat Rock is located in Apache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
        • Window Rock
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Chinle
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Saint Michaels
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Kinlichee
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Kinlichee is located in Apache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlichee
  • McKinley County
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Milkwater   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Milkwater.
      • Crystal
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Crystal is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
      • Toadlena
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Toadlena is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadlena
      • Two Grey Hills
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Two Grey Hills is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Grey Hills
      • Naschitti
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Naschitti is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
      • Sheep Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Newcomb
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Sanostee
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tocito
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Tocito is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocito

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 from Point A (ie- Milkwater) 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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