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Nearest Communities to Hooper,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest 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 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.

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

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

Hooper is located in Alamosa County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Alamosa County: Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Rio Grande & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hooper. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Alamosa 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 Hooper (which is Alamosa 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 Hooper

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

  • Alamosa County   (where Hooper resides)
    • County Seat for Alamosa:   Alamosa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hooper.
      • Mosca
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mosca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosca
        • Mosca is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosca <4>
      • Parma
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Parma. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
        • Parma is located in Alamosa County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Parma
        • From Hooper to Parma
      • Alamosa East
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Alamosa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • La Fruto
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Fruto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fruto
        • La Fruto is located in Alamosa County
      • Henry
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Waverly
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hartner
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartner
        • Hartner is located in Alamosa County
      • Estrella
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Estrella have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
        • Estrella is located in Alamosa County
  • Conejos County
  • Costilla County
  • Custer County
  • Huerfano County
  • Rio Grande County
    • County Website:   www.riograndecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Grande:   Del Norte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hooper.
      • Ansel
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ansel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
        • Ansel is located in Rio Grande County
      • Center
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Dunul
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunul
        • Dunul is located in Rio Grande County
      • Vastine
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vastine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vastine
        • Vastine is located in Rio Grande County
      • Homelake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homelake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homelake
        • Homelake is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homelake <4>
      • Maxeyville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxeyville
        • Maxeyville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Sugar Junction
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Junction
        • Sugar Junction is located in Rio Grande County
      • Zinzer
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zinzer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinzer
        • Zinzer is located in Rio Grande County
      • Monte Vista
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
        • Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <4>
      • Torres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
        • Torres is located in Rio Grande County
      • Sevenmile Plaza
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Plaza
        • Sevenmile Plaza is located in Rio Grande County
      • Evansville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
        • Evansville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Del Norte
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
  • Saguache County
    • County Website:   www.slv.org/saguachecounty/
    • County Seat for Saguache:   Saguache
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hooper   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hooper.
      • Duncan ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Moffat
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Liberty ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Cottonwood
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Cottonwood is located in Saguache County
      • Crestone
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • La Garita
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Garita have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Garita
        • La Garita is located in Saguache County
      • Mirage ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mirage have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirage
        • Mirage is located in Saguache County
      • Saguache
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saguache have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saguache
        • Saguache is located in Saguache County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 531 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saguache <4>
      • Mineral Hot Springs
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral Hot Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
        • Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County

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- Hooper) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hooper. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7469, Longitude: -105.8774    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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