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Nearest Communities to Sponseller,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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.<1>

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


Sponseller 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sponseller. Of these communities, 16 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 Sponseller (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 Sponseller

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

  • Navajo County   (where Sponseller resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.navajocountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Navajo:   Holbrook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sponseller   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sponseller.
      • Bell
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Bell is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell
      • Lakeside
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Lakeside is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
      • Pinetop - Lakeside
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Pinetop
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Pinetop is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinetop
      • Lake-of-the-Woods
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Lake-of-the-Woods is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake-of-the-Woods
      • Indian Pine
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Indian Pine is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Pine
      • Show Low
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Silver Creek
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Silver Creek is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
      • White Mountain Lake
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • White Mountain Lakes Estates
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Roundy Crossing
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Roundy Crossing is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundy Crossing
      • Linden
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Linden is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Robinson Trail Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Burton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Burton is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
        • Shumway
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Shumway is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
        • Schoens Crossing
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Schoens Crossing is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoens Crossing
        • Taylor
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pinedale
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Snowflake
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Clay Springs
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Whiteriver
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • East Fork
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • East Fork is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Fork
        • Fort Apache
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Sevenmile
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Sevenmile is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sponseller   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sponseller.
      • Los Burros
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Los Burros is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Burros
      • McNary
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Vernon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Hawley Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hawley Lake is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley Lake
      • Kinney Junction
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Kinney Junction is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Junction
      • Concho
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Green Spot
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Green Spot is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spot
      • Greer
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Northwoods
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Northwoods is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northwoods
      • Richville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Richville is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
      • El Tule
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • El Tule is located in Apache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Tule
  • Gila County
    • County Website:   https://www.gilacountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Gila:   Globe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sponseller   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sponseller.
      • Carrizo
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Carrizo is located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
      • Cedar Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar Creek is located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Fort Apache Junction
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Canyon Day
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Canyon Day is located in Gila County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Day
      • Cedar Creek Crossing
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sponseller) 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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