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Nearest Communities to Zeniff,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


Although our information shows that the community of Zeniff is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Zeniff. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Navajo 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 Zeniff (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 Zeniff

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

  • Navajo County   (where Zeniff resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.navajocountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Navajo:   Holbrook
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zeniff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zeniff.
      • Aripine ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Aripine is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aripine
      • Clay Springs
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Heber - Overgaard
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Heber - Overgaard is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heber - Overgaard
      • Heber
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Overgaard
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Snowflake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Schoens Crossing
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Schoens Crossing is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoens Crossing
      • Taylor
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Pinedale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Burton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Burton is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burton
      • Shumway
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Shumway is located in Navajo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumway
      • Robinson Trail Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Penzance
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Penzance is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penzance
        • Woodruff
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Linden
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Linden is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
        • Holbrook
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Roundy Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Roundy Crossing is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundy Crossing
        • Joseph City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Manila
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Manila is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila
        • Clearview Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Clearview Heights is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearview Heights
        • Rosedale Heights
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Rosedale Heights is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale Heights
        • White Mountain Lakes Estates
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • White Mountain Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Hibbard
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Hibbard is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hibbard
        • Show Low
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Silver Creek
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Silver Creek is located in Navajo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Creek
  • Coconino County
    • County Website:   https://www.coconino.az.gov/
    • County Seat for Coconino:   Flagstaff
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Zeniff   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Zeniff.
      • Chevelon Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Chevelon Crossing is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chevelon Crossing
      • Mormon Crossing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Mormon Crossing is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mormon Crossing
      • Durfee Crossing
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Durfee Crossing is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durfee Crossing
      • Lower Tillman
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Lower Tillman is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Tillman
      • Babbit Winter
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Babbit Winter is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbit Winter
      • Forest Lakes Estates
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Forest Lakes Estates is located in Coconino County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Lakes Estates
      • Forest Lakes
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Zeniff) 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 Zeniff, 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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