Nearest Communities to Carracas,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Carracas, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Carracas:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Carracas.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Carracas is located in Archuleta County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Archuleta County: Conejos, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & San Juan (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Carracas. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Archuleta 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 Carracas (which is Archuleta 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 Carracas
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Archuleta County (where Carracas resides)
- County Website: https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Archuleta: Pagosa Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Carracas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Carracas.
- Pagosa Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
- Gato
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gato is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato
- Juanita ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Juanita is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- Arboles
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Kearns
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kearns is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
- Stollsteimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
- Altura
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Altura is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Lonetree
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
- Chimney Rock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Trujillo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trujillo is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
- Dyke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dyke is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Piedra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Piedra is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Nutria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Nutria is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
- Edith
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Pagosa Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Chromo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Treasure
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
- La Plata County
- County Website: https://www.lpcgov.org/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Carracas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Carracas.
- Allison
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Allison is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Tiffany
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tiffany is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- La Boca
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Ignacio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gem Village is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
- Oxford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oxford is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Columbus
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Florida
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Florida is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Rio Arriba County
- County Website: https://www.rio-arriba.org/
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Carracas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Carracas.
- Carracas
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
- Rosa ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Navajo
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Dulce
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Vaqueros ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
- Lumberton
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Amargo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
- Monero
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
- Pounds ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
- Diamante ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
- Navajo City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Navajo City is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo City
- Biggs ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Carracas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Carracas.
- Self Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
- Young Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
- Christopher Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
- Mackey Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
- Mullen Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
- Ulibarri Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
- Garcia Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Lucero Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
- Navajo Dam
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Archuleta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Archuleta is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carracas) 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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