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Nearest Communities to Juanita,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Although our information shows that the community of Juanita is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 45 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Juanita. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Archuleta 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 Juanita (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 Juanita

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

  • Archuleta County   (where Juanita resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Juanita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Juanita.
      • Gato
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Pagosa Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Carracas
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Kearns
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Kearns is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
      • Trujillo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Lonetree
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
      • Altura
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Altura is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Edith
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Edith is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Dyke
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Dyke is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
      • Stollsteimer
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
      • Nutria
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Nutria is located in Archuleta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
      • Chimney Rock
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
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  • 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 Juanita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Juanita.
      • Carracas
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Navajo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Dulce
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lumberton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Rosa ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
      • Amargo
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
      • Vaqueros ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
      • Monero
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamante ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
      • Biggs ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Pounds ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
      • Willow Creek
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • San Juan County
    • County Website:   https://www.sjcounty.net/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Juanita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Juanita.
      • Self Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Young Place
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
      • Christopher Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
      • Mackey Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Mullen Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Garcia Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Lucero Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
      • Navajo Dam
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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- Juanita) 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 Juanita, 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.
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