Nearest Communities to La Plata,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to La Plata, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for La Plata:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 La Plata.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of La Plata is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day La Plata County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of La Plata County: Archuleta, Dolores, Hinsdale, Montezuma, San Juan & San Juan (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Plata. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than La Plata 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 La Plata (which is La Plata 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 Plata
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- La Plata County (where La Plata resides)
- County Website: https://www.lpcgov.org/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Plata ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Plata.
- Mayday ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mayday is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayday
- Hesperus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Trimble
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Trimble is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trimble
- Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fort Lewis is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Hermosa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Hermosa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Durango
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Breen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Breen is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breen
- Rockwood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rockwood is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwood
- Carbon Junction
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carbon Junction is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carbon Junction
- Tacoma
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tacoma is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tacoma
- Kline
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kline is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Grandview
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Grandview is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Pinon Acres
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Pinon Acres is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon Acres
- Loma Linda
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Loma Linda is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Linda
- Marvel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Falfa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Falfa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falfa
- Griffth ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Griffth is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffth
- La Posta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- La Posta is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
- Cascade
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Redmesa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Redmesa is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redmesa
- Florida
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Florida is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Columbus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Columbus is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Oxford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Oxford is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
- Vallecito
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Bondad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bondad is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondad
- Gem Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gem Village is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gem Village
- Logtown ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Logtown is located in La Plata County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logtown
- Bayfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ignacio
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Dolores County
- County Website: https://dolocnty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Dolores: Dove Creek
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Plata ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Plata.
- Rico
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Dunton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunton is located in Dolores County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunton
- Montezuma County
- County Website: https://montezumacounty.org/
- County Seat for Montezuma: Cortez
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Plata ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Plata.
- Golconda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Golconda is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
- Roundup Junction
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Roundup Junction is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup Junction
- Weber
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Weber is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber
- Mancos
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Millwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Millwood is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Stoner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Stoner is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoner
- Stapleton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Stapleton is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stapleton
- Dolores
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Swallows Nest ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Swallows Nest is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows Nest
- Echo House ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Echo House is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
- Cortez
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- McPhee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- McPhee is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhee
- Badger House Community ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lebanon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Lebanon is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://sanjuancounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for San Juan: Silverton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Plata ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Plata.
- Graysill ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Graysill is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysill
- Needleton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Needleton is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needleton
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Plata ...
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Riverside is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
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 drawn from Point A (ie- La Plata) 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 La Plata, 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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