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Nearest Communities to Fowler,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Fowler is located in Otero County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas & Pueblo.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Fowler. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Fowler (which is Otero 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 Fowler

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

  • Otero County   (where Fowler resides)
    • County Website:   https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Otero:   La Junta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fowler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fowler.
      • Elder
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Elder is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
      • Manzanola
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Vroman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Vroman is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
      • Fayette
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Fayette is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
      • Rocky Ford
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Krammes
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Krammes is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
      • Hawley
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Newdale
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Newdale is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
      • Roberta
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Roberta is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
      • Hays
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Hays is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
      • Shelton
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Shelton is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Swink
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Randall
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Randall is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
        • Benton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Benton is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
        • Timpas
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Timpas is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
        • Orr
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Orr is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
        • Ormega
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ormega is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
        • Cheraw
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • La Junta Gardens
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
        • La Junta Village
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • La Junta Village is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
        • Ayer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Ayer is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
        • La Junta
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • North La Junta
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • North La Junta is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
        • Mindeman
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Mindeman is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
        • Castiel
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Castiel is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
        • Bloom
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Crowley County
  • Pueblo County
    • County Website:   https://county.pueblo.org/
    • County Seat for Pueblo:   Pueblo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Fowler   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Fowler.
      • Hamlet
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hamlet is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
      • Nepesta
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Nepesta is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepesta
      • Boone
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Fort Reynolds
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Whiterock
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Whiterock is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
      • North Avondale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • North Avondale is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Avondale
      • Avondale
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Nyberg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Vineland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Devine
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Devine is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Devine
      • Rock Crossing
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
      • Cedar Crest
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Baxter
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Baxter is located in Pueblo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
        • Lombard Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Lombard Village is located in Pueblo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombard Village
        • Blende
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Blende is located in Pueblo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blende
        • Fearnowville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Fearnowville is located in Pueblo County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fearnowville

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 from Point A (ie- Fowler) 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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