Nearest Communities to Barela,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Barela, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Barela:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
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.
Barela is located in Las Animas County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Barela. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Barela (which is Las Animas 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 Barela
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Las Animas County (where Barela resides)
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barela ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barela.
- Abeyta
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Abeyta is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
- Patterson Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- San Miguel ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- Beshoar
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Beshoar is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beshoar
- Trinchera
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Engleville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Engleville is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
- El Moro
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- El Moro is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
- Hoehne
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Morley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Morley is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Wootton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wootton is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
- Starkville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Trinidad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (31 more) ...
- Earl
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Earl is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
- Jansen
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jansen is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
- Piedmont ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Piedmont is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Thomas is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Sopris ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sopris is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
- Model
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Sopris Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris Plaza
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Viola is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Forbes is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Cokedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Cokedale is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Madrid ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Madrid is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Branson
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Branson is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Former name for Branson:
- Wilson's Switch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <3>
- Walts Corner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Tijeras
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tijeras is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tijeras
- Tyrone
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Vallorso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Vallorso is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallorso
- Boncarbo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Valdez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Valdez is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
- Segundo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sequndo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sequndo is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequndo
- Simpson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Simpson is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Delagua ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Delagua is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delagua
- Primero ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Primero is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primero
- Reilly Canyon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Reilly Canyon is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Canyon
- Sarcillo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sarcillo is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarcillo
- Velasquez Plaza
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Velasquez Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasquez Plaza
- Aguilar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lynn is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Medina Plaza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Medina Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Plaza
- Gulnare
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Colfax County
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barela ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barela.
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Yankee is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Sugarite is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
- Carisbrook
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Keota
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Keota is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Raton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Brilliant is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Dillon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Dillon is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Gardiner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gardiner is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- Van Houten ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Van Houten is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Houten
- Hebron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Hebron is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Union County
- County Website: https://unionnm.us/
- County Seat for Union: Clayton (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Barela ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Barela.
- Emery Gap ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Emery Gap is located in Union County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Gap
- Folsom
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Madison is located in Union County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
- Capulin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Barela) 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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |