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Nearest Communities to Cheraw,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast 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 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 Cheraw.<1>

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

Cheraw is located in Otero County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas & Pueblo.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cheraw. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Cheraw (which is Otero 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 Cheraw

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

  • Otero County   (where Cheraw resides)
    • County Website:   https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Otero:   La Junta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cheraw   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cheraw.
      • Orr
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Orr is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • Castiel
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Castiel is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
      • Randall
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Randall is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • La Junta Village
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • La Junta Village is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
      • Shelton
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Shelton is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
      • Hays
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Hays is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
      • Casa
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Casa is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
      • La Junta Gardens
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
      • North La Junta
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • North La Junta is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
      • Hadley
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Hadley is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
      • La Junta
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Newdale
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Newdale is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
        • Swink
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Ormega
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Ormega is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
        • Krammes
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Krammes is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
        • Roberta
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Roberta is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
        • Rocky Ford
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Hawley
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Fayette
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Fayette is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
        • Benton
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Benton is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
        • Vroman
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Vroman is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
        • Manzanola
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Higbee
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Timpas
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Timpas is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
        • Elder
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Elder is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
        • Fowler
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Ayer
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Ayer is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
  • Bent County
    • County Website:   https://www.bentcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Bent:   Las Animas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cheraw   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cheraw.
      • Marlman
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Marlman is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
      • Riverdale
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Riverdale is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Cornelia
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Cornelia is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
      • Las Animas
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Boggsville ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Boggsville is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
      • Melina
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Melina is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
      • Las Animas Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
      • Fort Lyon
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Keller
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Keller is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
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        • Gilpin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Gilpin is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
        • Kreybill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Kreybill is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
        • Hilton
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Caddoa ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Toonerville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Toonerville is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
        • Hasty
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Crowley County
  • Kiowa County

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 from Point A (ie- Cheraw) 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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