Nearest Communities to Breen,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Breen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Breen:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Breen.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Breen 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 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Breen. Of these communities, 22 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 Breen (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 Breen
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- La Plata County (where Breen resides)
- County Website: https://www.lpcgov.org/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Breen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Breen.
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Lewis is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Kline
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kline is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Hesperus
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Marvel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Redmesa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Redmesa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
- Mayday ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Mayday is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
- Carbon Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Carbon Junction is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Junction
- La Posta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Posta is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
- Durango
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grandview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Grandview is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Pinon Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Pinon Acres is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Acres
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- La Plata is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Bondad
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bondad is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondad
- Falfa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Falfa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
- Griffth ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Griffth is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
- Loma Linda
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Loma Linda is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Florida
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Florida is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Trimble
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Trimble is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Oxford
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Oxford is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Hermosa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hermosa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Gem Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Gem Village is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
- Ignacio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Rockwood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Bayfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbus
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Tacoma
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tacoma is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
- La Boca
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Vallecito
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Montezuma County
- County Website: https://montezumacounty.org/
- County Seat for Montezuma: Cortez
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Breen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Breen.
- Weber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weber is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Mancos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Golconda
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Golconda is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
- Roundup Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Roundup Junction is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup Junction
- Millwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Millwood is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Swallows Nest ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Swallows Nest is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows Nest
- Echo House ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Echo House is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
- Badger House Community ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Stapleton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Stapleton is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Cortez
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Dolores
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stoner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Stoner is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Breen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Breen.
- Riverside
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- La Plata
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Cedar Hill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Laplata
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Laplata is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata
- Inca
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Inca is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
- Aztec
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Aztec is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aztec <3>
- Spencerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Spencerville is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Flora Vista
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Cottonwood
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cottonwood is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Garcia Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Breen) 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. |