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Nearest Communities to Allison,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Allison.<1>

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

Allison is located in La Plata County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of La Plata County: Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, Montezuma, San Juan & San Juan (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Allison. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than La Plata 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 Allison (which is La Plata 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 Allison

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

  • La Plata County   (where Allison resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lpcgov.org/
    • County Seat for La Plata:   Durango
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allison.
      • Tiffany
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Tiffany is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
      • La Boca
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • La Boca is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
      • Ignacio
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Bayfield
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Gem Village
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Oxford
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Oxford is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Florida
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Falfa
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Falfa is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
      • Griffth ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Griffth is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
      • Loma Linda
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Loma Linda is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Bondad
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Columbus
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Columbus is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • Archuleta County
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allison.
      • Arboles
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Stollsteimer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
      • Carracas
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Pagosa Junction
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Chimney Rock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Piedra
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Piedra is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
      • Gato
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Juanita ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Altura
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Altura is located in Archuleta County
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        • Kearns
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Kearns is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
        • Lonetree
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
        • Dyke
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Dyke is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
        • Trujillo
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Nutria
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Nutria is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
        • Pagosa Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Rio Arriba County
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Allison   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Allison.
      • Young Place
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
      • Self Place
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Mackey Place
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Christopher Place
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
      • Mullen Place
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
      • Garcia Place
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Lucero Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
      • Navajo Dam
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Archuleta
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Archuleta is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
      • Riverside
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Riverside is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Alcatraz ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Alcatraz is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcatraz
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Cedar Hill
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
        • Turley
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Inca
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Inca is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
        • Fivemile Crossing
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
        • Blanco
          (28 miles [45.1 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allison) 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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