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Nearest Communities to Fort Lewis,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Fort Lewis.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Fort Lewis is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fort Lewis. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than La Plata County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Fort Lewis (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 Fort Lewis

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

  • La Plata County   (where Fort Lewis resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lpcgov.org/
    • County Seat for La Plata:   Durango
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Lewis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Lewis.
      • Hesperus
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Breen
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Breen is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breen
      • Kline
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Kline is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
      • Mayday ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Mayday is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
      • Marvel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Carbon Junction
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Durango
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • La Plata ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • La Plata is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
      • La Posta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • La Posta is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
      • Redmesa
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Redmesa is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
      • Grandview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Grandview is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
      • Pinon Acres
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Pinon Acres is located in La Plata County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Acres
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Loma Linda
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Loma Linda is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
        • Falfa
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Falfa is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
        • Griffth ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Griffth is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
        • Trimble
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Trimble is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
        • Bondad
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Florida
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Hermosa
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Oxford
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Oxford is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
        • Gem Village
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Rockwood
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Columbus
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Columbus is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
        • Ignacio
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Tacoma
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Tacoma is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
        • Bayfield
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Vallecito
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • La Boca
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • La Boca is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
        • Cascade
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Cascade is located in La Plata County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
  • Montezuma County
    • County Website:   https://montezumacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Montezuma:   Cortez
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fort Lewis   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fort Lewis.
      • Weber
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Weber is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
      • Mancos
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Mancos is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mancos
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,398 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mancos <4>
      • Golconda
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Golconda is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
      • Roundup Junction
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Roundup Junction is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup Junction
      • Millwood
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Millwood is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
      • Swallows Nest ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Swallows Nest is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows Nest
      • Echo House ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Echo House is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
      • Stapleton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Stapleton is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
      • Badger House Community ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Stoner
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Stoner is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner
      • Dolores
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Cortez
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Cortez is located in Montezuma County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,734 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortez <4>
  • San Juan 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fort Lewis) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Lewis, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.