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Nearest Communities to Florida,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Florida.<1>

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

Florida is located in La Plata County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of La Plata County: Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, Montezuma, San Juan & San Juan (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 59 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Florida. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than La Plata 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 Florida (which is La Plata 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 Florida

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

  • La Plata County   (where Florida resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lpcgov.org/
    • County Seat for La Plata:   Durango
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florida.
      • Falfa
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Falfa is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
      • Griffth ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Griffth is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
      • Loma Linda
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Loma Linda is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
      • Oxford
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Oxford is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
      • Pinon Acres
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Pinon Acres is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Acres
      • Grandview
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Grandview is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Gem Village
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Carbon Junction
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Bayfield
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Durango
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Ignacio
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • La Posta
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • La Posta is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Columbus
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Columbus is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
        • Trimble
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Trimble is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
        • Bondad
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Hermosa
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Vallecito
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • La Boca
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • La Boca is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
        • Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Hesperus
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Tiffany
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Tiffany is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
        • Breen
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Breen is located in La Plata County
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        • Rockwood
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Allison
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Mayday ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Mayday is located in La Plata County
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        • Kline
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Kline is located in La Plata County
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        • Tacoma
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Tacoma is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
        • La Plata ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • La Plata is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
        • Marvel
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Logtown ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Logtown is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
        • Tuckerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Tuckerville is located in La Plata County
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        • Redmesa
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Redmesa is located in La Plata County
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        • Cascade
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Cascade is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Archuleta County
  • Montezuma County
  • San Juan County
  • Rio Arriba County
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Florida   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Florida.
      • Riverside
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Garcia Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Mackey Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Young Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
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      • Cedar Hill
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County (NM)
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      • Self Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Lucero Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
      • Mullen Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
      • Christopher Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
      • Inca
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Inca is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
      • Navajo Dam
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Archuleta
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Archuleta is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
      • Aztec
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Florida) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.