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Nearest Communities to Mumurva,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.


Mumurva 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 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mumurva. Of these communities, 4 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 Mumurva (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 Mumurva

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

  • Navajo County   (where Mumurva resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.navajocountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Navajo:   Holbrook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mumurva   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mumurva.
      • Huk Ovi
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
        • Huk Ovi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huk Ovi
      • Pivahn-hon-kya-pi
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Pivahn-hon-kya-pi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pivahn-hon-kya-pi
      • Aponi-vi
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Aponi-vi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aponi-vi
      • Oraibi
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Oraibi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oraibi
      • Kykotsmovi Village
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Hotevilla - Bacavi
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Hotevilla - Bacavi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hotevilla - Bacavi
      • Hotevilla
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Mahtson-pi
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Mahtson-pi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mahtson-pi
      • Bacavi
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bacavi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacavi
        • Bacavi has also been known as:
        • Paaqavi
      • Shongopovi
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Shongopovi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shongopovi
      • Old Shongopavi ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Shongopavi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Shongopavi
      • Shungopavi
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Shungopavi is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shungopavi
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Mishongnovi
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Mishongnovi is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mishongnovi
        • Second Mesa
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Sipaulovi
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sipaulovi is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipaulovi
        • Toreva
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Toreva is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toreva
        • Navajo Gospel Mission
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hano
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Hano is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hano
        • Sichomovi
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Sichomovi is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sichomovi
        • Walpi
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Walpi is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walpi
        • First Mesa
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • First Mesa is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for First Mesa
        • Polacca
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Tewa
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Tewa is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tewa
        • Wepo Village
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Wepo Village is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wepo Village
        • Hard Rocks
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Hard Rocks is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Rocks
        • Kawaika-A
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Kawaika-A is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kawaika-A
        • Keams Canyon
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Pinon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Seba Dalkai
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Seba Dalkai is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seba Dalkai
        • Chakpahu
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Chakpahu is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chakpahu
        • Pink Arrow
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Pink Arrow is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Arrow
  • Coconino County
    • County Website:   https://www.coconino.az.gov/
    • County Seat for Coconino:   Flagstaff
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mumurva   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mumurva.
      • Coal Mine Mesa ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Coal Mine Mesa is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Mine Mesa
      • Sand Springs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Sand Springs is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
      • Rare Metals
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Rare Metals is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rare Metals
      • Tiis Holoni
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Tiis Holoni is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiis Holoni

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- Mumurva) 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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