Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Cuchara Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Cuchara Junction:
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 Cuchara Junction.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Huerfano County: Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cuchara Junction. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Huerfano 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 Cuchara Junction (which is Huerfano 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 Cuchara Junction
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Huerfano County (where Cuchara Junction resides)
- County Website: https://huerfano.us/
- County Seat for Huerfano: Walsenburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cuchara Junction.
- Walsenburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Pictou
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pictou is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pictou
- Mayne
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mayne is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayne
- Maitland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maitland is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Morning Glory
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Calumet
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Calumet is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Gordon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Monson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Monson is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Delcarbon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Delcarbon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delcarbon
- Lascar
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Lascar is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
- Lester
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Lester is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Pryor
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Pryor is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Rouse
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Rouse is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Strong
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Tioga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Alamo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Apache City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
- Badito
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Badito is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badito
- La Veta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Farisita
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Farisita is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farisita
- Occidental
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Occidental is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occidental
- Codo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Codo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codo
- Gardner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- La Veta Pass
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- La Veta Pass is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta Pass
- Muleshoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
- Cuchara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Costilla County
- County Website: https://www.costillacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Costilla: San Luis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction ...
- Fir
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Custer County
- County Website: https://www.custercounty-co.gov/
- County Seat for Custer: Westcliffe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction ...
- San Isabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- San Isabel is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Isabel
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cuchara Junction.
- Rugby
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Rugby is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Lynn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lynn is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Aguilar
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Delagua ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Delagua is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delagua
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Gulnare
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vallorso
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vallorso is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallorso
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Forbes is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Reilly Canyon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Reilly Canyon is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Canyon
- Tyrone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Simpson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Simpson is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
- Pueblo County
- County Website: https://county.pueblo.org/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Cuchara Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Cuchara Junction.
- Cedarwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cedarwood is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Greenhorn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Colorado City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Rye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Crest
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cuerna Verde Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cuerna Verde Park is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuerna Verde Park
- Burnt Mill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Burnt Mill is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
- Marnel
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Marnel is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marnel
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Cuchara Junction) 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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