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Nearest Communities to Bondad,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bondad.<1>

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

Bondad 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 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bondad. Of these communities, 32 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 Bondad (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 Bondad

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

  • La Plata County   (where Bondad resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lpcgov.org/
    • County Seat for La Plata:   Durango
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bondad   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bondad.
      • La Posta
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • La Posta is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
      • Carbon Junction
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Falfa
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Falfa is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
      • Grandview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Grandview is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Griffth ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Griffth was located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
      • Loma Linda
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Loma Linda is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Pinon Acres
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Pinon Acres is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Acres
      • Oxford
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Oxford is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Florida
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Ignacio
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Breen
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Breen is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breen
      • Kline
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Kline is also located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Marvel
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • La Boca
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • La Boca is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
        • Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Durango
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Redmesa
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Redmesa is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
        • Gem Village
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Tiffany
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Tiffany is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
        • Hesperus
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Bayfield
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Bayfield is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayfield
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,586 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayfield <3>
        • Allison
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Trimble
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Trimble is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
        • Columbus
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Columbus is also located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
        • Mayday ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Mayday was located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
        • Hermosa
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • La Plata ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • La Plata was located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
        • Vallecito
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Rockwood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Archuleta County
  • Montezuma County
  • Rio Arriba County
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bondad   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bondad.
      • Riverside
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Cedar Hill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
      • Inca
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Inca is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
      • Garcia Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Aztec
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Lucero Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
      • Spencerville
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Spencerville is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
      • Mackey Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Archuleta
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Archuleta is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
      • La Plata
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Self Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Young Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
        • Flora Vista
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Laplata
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Laplata is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata
        • Alcatraz ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Alcatraz was located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcatraz
        • Turley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Christopher Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
        • Mullen Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
        • Navajo Dam
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Blanco
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Bloomfield
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Fivemile Crossing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
        • Lee Acres
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Lee Acres is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Acres
        • Farmington
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Cottonwood
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Cottonwood is located in San Juan County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood

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- Bondad) 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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