Nearest Communities to Chama,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Chama, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Chama:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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 Chama.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Chama is located in Costilla County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Costilla County: Alamosa, Conejos, Huerfano, Las Animas, Colfax (NM) & Taos (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Chama. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Costilla 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 Chama (which is Costilla 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 Chama
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Costilla County (where Chama resides)
- County Website: https://www.costillacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Costilla: San Luis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Los Fuertes
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Los Fuertes is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Fuertes
- San Pablo
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- San Pedro
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- San Pedro is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- San Luis
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- La Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Valley is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valley
- Sangre de Cristo Grant
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Viejo San Acacio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Viejo San Acacio is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viejo San Acacio
- San Acacio
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Garcia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mesita
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mesita is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesita
- Eastdale
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eastdale is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastdale
- Jaroso
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Fort Garland
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Blanca
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garland City ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garland City is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland City
- Mortimer
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Mortimer is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
- Fir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Sierra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Sierra is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra
- Russell ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Russell is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Conejos County
- County Website: https://conejoscounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Conejos: Conejos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Lasauses
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lasauses is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
- Los Cerritos
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
- Sanford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Manassa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Huerfano County
- County Website: https://huerfano.us/
- County Seat for Huerfano: Walsenburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Cuchara
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Codo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Codo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codo
- Occidental
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Occidental is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occidental
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Monument Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Stonewall Gap
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
- Torres
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Torres is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
- Stonewall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Tercio
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Tercio is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tercio
- Parras Plaza
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Parras Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parras Plaza
- Vigil
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Vigil is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigil
- Zamara
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Zamara is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zamara
- Weston
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Cordova Plaza
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cordova Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova Plaza
- Colfax County
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Banning Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Banning Place is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning Place
- McCrystal Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
- Shuree
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Shuree is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
- Casa Grande
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- Ring Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ring Place is located in Colfax County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
- Taos County
- County Website: https://www.taoscounty.org/
- County Seat for Taos: Taos (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Chama ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Chama.
- Ventero
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Ventero is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ventero
- Amalia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Amalia is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amalia
- Costilla
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine Valley is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
- Sunshine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sunshine is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Anchor ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Anchor is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
- El Rito
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- El Rito is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rito
- La Belle ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- La Belle is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Midnight ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Midnight is located in Taos County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
- Buena Vista
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Cerro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Chama) 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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