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Nearest Communities to Delhi,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 Delhi.<1>

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

Delhi is located in Las Animas County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 17 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Delhi. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Delhi (which is Las Animas 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 Delhi

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

  • Las Animas County   (where Delhi resides)
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Delhi   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Delhi.
      • Houghton ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Houghton is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
      • Thatcher
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Thatcher is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thatcher
      • Simpson
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Simpson is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpson
      • Tyrone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
      • Model
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Earl
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Earl is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
      • Troy ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Troy is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Otero County
    • County Website:   https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Otero:   La Junta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Delhi   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Delhi.
      • Bloom
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Bloom is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloom
      • Mindeman
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Mindeman is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
      • Ayer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Ayer is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
      • Timpas
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Timpas is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
      • Benton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Benton is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Hawley
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Hawley is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
      • Roberta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Roberta is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
  • Pueblo 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 from Point A (ie- Delhi) 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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