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Nearest Communities to Gato,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Gato.<1>

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

Gato is located in Archuleta County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Archuleta County: Conejos, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & San Juan (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gato. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Archuleta 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 Gato (which is Archuleta 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 Gato

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

  • Archuleta County   (where Gato resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gato   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gato.
      • Pagosa Junction
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Juanita ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Carracas
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Kearns
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Kearns is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
      • Lonetree
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
      • Altura
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Altura is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Trujillo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Stollsteimer
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
      • Chimney Rock
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Dyke
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Dyke is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
      • Arboles
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Nutria
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Nutria is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Piedra
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Piedra is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
        • Edith
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Edith is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
        • Pagosa Springs
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Chromo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Treasure
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Treasure is located in Archuleta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
  • La Plata County
  • Rio Arriba County
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gato   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gato.
      • Carracas
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Navajo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosa ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
      • Dulce
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Lumberton
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Amargo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
      • Vaqueros ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
      • Monero
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamante ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
      • Biggs ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Pounds ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
      • Navajo City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Navajo City is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo City
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gato   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gato.
      • Self Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Young Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
      • Christopher Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
      • Mackey Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Mullen Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
      • Lucero Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
      • Garcia Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Navajo Dam
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Gato) 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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