Nearest Communities to Kearns,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Kearns, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Kearns:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 from Kearns.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Kearns 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 47 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Kearns. 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 Kearns (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 Kearns
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Archuleta County (where Kearns resides)
- County Website: https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Archuleta: Pagosa Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kearns ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kearns.
- Lonetree
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Lonetree is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
- Altura
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Altura is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
- Trujillo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Trujillo is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
- Dyke
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Dyke is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
- Gato
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gato is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato
- Pagosa Junction
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
- Nutria
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Nutria is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
- Juanita ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Juanita is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
- Chimney Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Carracas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carracas is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
- Stollsteimer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
- Piedra
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Piedra is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Pagosa Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arboles
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Treasure
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Treasure is located in Archuleta County
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- Edith
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Chromo
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tierra Amarilla Grant
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
- La Plata County
- County Website: https://www.lpcgov.org/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kearns ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kearns.
- Allison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Allison is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Tiffany
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tiffany is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Bayfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- La Boca
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Gem Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Gem Village is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
- Ignacio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Vallecito
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Columbus is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Tuckerville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Tuckerville is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckerville
- Oxford
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Oxford is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Rio Arriba County
- County Website: https://www.rio-arriba.org/
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kearns ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kearns.
- Carracas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
- Navajo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Dulce
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rosa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Lumberton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Amargo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
- Diamante ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
- Monero
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
- Vaqueros ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
- Biggs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
- Pounds ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Kearns ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Kearns.
- Young Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Young Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
- Self Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Self Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
- Mackey Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Mackey Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
- Ulibarri Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
- Christopher Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Christopher Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
- Mullen Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Mullen Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
- Garcia Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Garcia Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Lucero Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lucero Place is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
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- Kearns) 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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