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Nearest Communities to Branson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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 from Branson.<1>

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

Branson 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 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Branson. Of these communities, 13 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 Branson (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 Branson

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

  • Las Animas County   (where Branson resides)
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Branson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Branson.
      • Trinchera
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Walts Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
      • Lone Oak
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
      • Abeyta
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Abeyta is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
      • Tobe
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Tobe is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobe
      • Barela
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Barela is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
      • Patterson Crossing
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
      • Troy ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Villegreen
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • San Miguel ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • San Miguel is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • Earl
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Earl is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
  • Colfax County
  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unionnm.us/
    • County Seat for Union:   Clayton (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Branson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Branson.
      • Emery Gap ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Emery Gap is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Gap
      • Madison ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Madison is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Folsom
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Des Moines
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Capulin
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Willow Springs is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Grande
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Grande is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grande
      • Corrumpa ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Corrumpa is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrumpa
      • Guy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Guy is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy

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 from Point A (ie- Branson) 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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