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Nearest Communities to La Veta,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.<1>

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

La Veta is located in Huerfano County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Huerfano County: Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Las Animas & Pueblo.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 64 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Veta. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Huerfano 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 Veta (which is Huerfano 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 Veta

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

  • Huerfano County   (where La Veta resides)
    • County Website:   https://huerfano.us/
    • County Seat for Huerfano:   Walsenburg
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Veta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Veta.
      • Occidental
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Occidental is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occidental
      • Codo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Codo is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codo
      • Alamo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Cuchara
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Muleshoe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • La Veta Pass
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Uptop ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Tioga
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Pictou
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Pictou is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pictou
      • Gordon
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Gordon is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
      • Maitland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Maitland is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
      • Morning Glory
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
      • Continue List   (19 more) ...
        • Badito
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Badito is located in Huerfano County
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        • Strong
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Strong is located in Huerfano County
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        • Calumet
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Delcarbon
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Delcarbon is located in Huerfano County
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        • Walsenburg
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Lester
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Lester is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
        • Mayne
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Mayne is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayne
        • Monson
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Monson is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
        • Pryor
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Pryor is located in Huerfano County
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        • Rouse
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Rouse is located in Huerfano County
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        • Farisita
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Farisita is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farisita
        • Cuchara Junction
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
        • Gardner
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Chama
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Chama is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
        • Malachite
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Malachite is located in Huerfano County
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        • Red Wing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Sharpsdale
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Sharpsdale is located in Huerfano County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsdale
        • Apache City
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Apache City is located in Huerfano County
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        • Lascar
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Costilla County
  • Las Animas County
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to La Veta   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from La Veta.
      • Rugby
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Rugby is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
      • Gulnare
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Aguilar
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Lynn
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Lynn is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
      • Monument Park
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Delagua ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Delagua is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delagua
      • Parras Plaza
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Parras Plaza is located in Las Animas County
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      • Reilly Canyon
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Reilly Canyon is located in Las Animas County
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      • Stonewall Gap
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
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      • Stonewall
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
      • Vigil
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Vigil is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigil
      • Zamara
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Zamara is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zamara
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Vallorso
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Vallorso is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallorso
        • Boncarbo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ludlow ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Cordova Plaza
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Cordova Plaza is located in Las Animas County
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        • Weston
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Medina Plaza
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Medina Plaza is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Plaza
        • Forbes ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Forbes is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
        • Primero ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Primero is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primero
        • Sarcillo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Sarcillo is located in Las Animas County
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        • Velasquez Plaza
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Velasquez Plaza is located in Las Animas County
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        • Torres
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Torres is located in Las Animas County
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  • Pueblo County

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 from Point A (ie- La Veta) 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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