Nearest Communities to Ayer,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ayer, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ayer:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ayer.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ayer is located in Otero County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 43 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ayer. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Ayer (which is Otero 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 Ayer
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Ayer resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayer.
- Timpas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Timpas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Mindeman
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mindeman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
- Bloom
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Benton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hawley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Roberta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Ormega
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Higbee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Higbee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Krammes
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Newdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Swink
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Fayette is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Vroman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Vroman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- La Junta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- La Junta Gardens
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- North La Junta
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- Manzanola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Rocky Ford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hays
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- La Junta Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Shelton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Casa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Fowler
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Randall
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Orr
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Cheraw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayer.
- Olney Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- King Center
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Pultney
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pultney is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pultney
- Crowley
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayer.
- Delhi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Delhi is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Houghton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Thatcher
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Thatcher is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
- Simpson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Simpson is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Troy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Troy is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
- Tyrone
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Pueblo County
- County Website: https://county.pueblo.org/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ayer ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ayer.
- Rock Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Whiterock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Whiterock is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Cedar Crest
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Hamlet
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hamlet is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
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 from Point A (ie- Ayer) 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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