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Nearest Communities to Lone Oak,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Lone Oak.<1>

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


Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lone Oak. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Lone Oak (which is Las Animas 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 Lone Oak

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

  • Las Animas County   (where Lone Oak resides)
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lone Oak   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lone Oak.
      • Tobe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Tobe is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobe
      • Branson
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Branson is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
        • Former name for Branson:
        • Wilson's Switch
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <3>
      • Walts Corner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
      • Villegreen
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Villegreen is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villegreen
      • Kim
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Kim is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kim
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kim <3>
      • Troy ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Troy is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
      • Trinchera
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Andrix
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Andrix is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Andrix
      • Abeyta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Abeyta is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unionnm.us/
    • County Seat for Union:   Clayton (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lone Oak   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lone Oak.
      • Emery Gap ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Emery Gap is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Gap
      • Willow Springs ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Willow Springs is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
      • Madison ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Madison is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
      • Guy
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Guy is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
      • Corrumpa ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Corrumpa is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrumpa
      • Folsom
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Des Moines
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuates ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Cuates is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuates
      • Grande
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Grande is located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grande
      • Capulin
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Lone Oak) 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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