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Nearest Communities to Crestone,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>

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

Crestone is located in Saguache County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saguache County: Alamosa, Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Mineral & Rio Grande.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Crestone. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Saguache 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 Crestone (which is Saguache 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 Crestone

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

  • Saguache County   (where Crestone resides)
    • County Website:   www.slv.org/saguachecounty/
    • County Seat for Saguache:   Saguache
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crestone   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crestone.
      • Cottonwood
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Cottonwood is located in Saguache County
      • Duncan ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Liberty ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Mirage ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mirage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirage
        • Mirage is located in Saguache County
      • Moffat
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Mineral Hot Springs
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
        • Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County
      • Villa Grove
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villa Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Grove
        • Villa Grove is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villa Grove <4>
      • Saguache
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saguache have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saguache
        • Saguache is located in Saguache County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saguache <4>
      • Parkville
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
        • Parkville is located in Saguache County
  • Alamosa County
  • Custer County
    • County Seat for Custer:   Westcliffe
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crestone   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crestone.
      • Tanglewood Acres
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tanglewood Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanglewood Acres
        • Tanglewood Acres is located in Custer County
      • Ula ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Westcliffe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Silver Cliff
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Cliff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Cliff
        • Silver Cliff is located in Custer County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Cliff <4>
      • Rosita
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Querida ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Cold Spring
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
        • Cold Spring is located in Custer County
      • McKenzie Junction
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKenzie Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie Junction
        • McKenzie Junction is located in Custer County
  • Fremont County
    • County Website:   www.fremontco.com/
    • County Seat for Fremont:   Canon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crestone   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crestone.
      • Hillside
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillside have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillside
        • Hillside is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillside <4>
      • Coaldale
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Cotopaxi
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Pleasanton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasanton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
        • Pleasanton is located in Fremont County
      • Vallie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vallie. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
        • Vallie is located in Fremont County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Vallie
        • From Crestone to Vallie
      • Texas Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Texas Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
        • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
      • Galena
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galena have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
        • Galena is located in Fremont County
      • Yorkville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yorkville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkville
        • Yorkville is located in Fremont County
  • Huerfano County
    • County Seat for Huerfano:   Walsenburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Crestone   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Crestone.
      • Bradford
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bradford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
        • Bradford is located in Huerfano County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Bradford
        • From Crestone to Bradford
      • Sharpsdale
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sharpsdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsdale
        • Sharpsdale is located in Huerfano County
      • Red Wing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Chama
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chama have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
        • Chama is located in Huerfano County
      • Malachite
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Malachite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malachite
        • Malachite is located in Huerfano County
  • Rio Grande County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Crestone) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Crestone. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.9959, Longitude: -105.6991    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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