Nearest Communities to Benton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Benton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Benton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Please note 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.
Benton 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 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Benton. Of these communities, 25 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 Benton (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 Benton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Benton resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Benton.
- Ormega
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Roberta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Hawley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Swink
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Newdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- La Junta Gardens
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- La Junta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Timpas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Timpas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Krammes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- North La Junta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- Hays
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- La Junta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Shelton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Casa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Randall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Fayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Higbee
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Higbee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Rocky Ford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Ayer
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Ayer is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Orr
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Vroman
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vroman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Cheraw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Castiel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Castiel is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- Manzanola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Mindeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mindeman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
- Elder
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Bloom
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bloom is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
- Fowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Bent County
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Benton.
- Marlman
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Riverdale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cornelia
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Gilpin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gilpin is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Las Animas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toonerville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Toonerville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
- Las Animas Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Melina
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Melina is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
- Keller
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Keller is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Ruxton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Ruxton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
- Ninaview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ninaview is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninaview
- Fort Lyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Benton.
- Ordway
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sugar City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Crowley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- King Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Olney Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Pultney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pultney is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pultney
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- Heath
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Benton.
- Delhi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Delhi is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
- Houghton ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Houghton is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Pueblo County
- County Website: https://county.pueblo.org/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Benton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Benton.
- Whiterock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Whiterock is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Rock Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Hamlet
(29 miles [46.7 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Benton) 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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