Nearest Communities to La Junta,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to La Junta, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for La Junta:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 east 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.
La Junta is located in Otero County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Junta. Of these communities, 23 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 La Junta (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 La Junta
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where La Junta resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Junta.
- North La Junta
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- La Junta Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- Ormega
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- La Junta Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Casa
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Swink
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Hays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Newdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Shelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Roberta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Orr
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Randall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Benton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Cheraw
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Castiel
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Castiel is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- Krammes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Hawley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Fayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Rocky Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Higbee
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Vroman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vroman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Timpas
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Timpas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Manzanola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ayer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ayer is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Mindeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Mindeman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
- Fowler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bloom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bent County
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Junta.
- Marlman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Riverdale
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cornelia
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Las Animas
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Gilpin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gilpin is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Las Animas Junction
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Melina
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Melina is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
- Fort Lyon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Keller
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keller is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Toonerville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Toonerville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
- Kreybill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Kreybill is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
- Hilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Ruxton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Ruxton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
- Ninaview
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ninaview is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninaview
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Junta.
- Sugar City
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Ordway
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- King Center
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Olney Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pultney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Pultney is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pultney
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Junta.
- Heath
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- La Junta) 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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