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Nearest Communities to Marlman,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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


Marlman is located in Bent County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Bent County: Baca, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero & Prowers.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Marlman. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Bent 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 Marlman (which is Bent 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 Marlman

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

  • Bent County   (where Marlman resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.bentcounty.net/
    • County Seat for Bent:   Las Animas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marlman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marlman.
      • Riverdale
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Riverdale is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
      • Cornelia
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Cornelia is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
      • Las Animas
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Melina
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Melina is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
      • Boggsville ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Boggsville is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
      • Las Animas Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
      • Fort Lyon
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Keller
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Keller is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
      • Kreybill
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Kreybill is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
      • Gilpin
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Gilpin is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
      • Hilton
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Hilton is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
      • Caddoa ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Caddoa is located in Bent County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddoa
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Hasty
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Lubers
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Lubers is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubers
        • Toonerville
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Toonerville is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
        • Able
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Able is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Able
        • Ruxton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ruxton is located in Bent County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
        • McClave
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Crowley County
  • Kiowa County
  • Otero County
    • County Website:   https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Otero:   La Junta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Marlman   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Marlman.
      • Hadley
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Hadley is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
      • Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
      • Castiel
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Castiel is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
      • Casa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Casa is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
      • Cheraw
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • La Junta Village
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • La Junta Village is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
      • Orr
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Orr is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
      • North La Junta
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • North La Junta is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
      • La Junta Gardens
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
      • Randall
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Randall is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
      • La Junta
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Shelton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Shelton is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Hays
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Hays is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
        • Ormega
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Ormega is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
        • Swink
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Newdale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Newdale is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
        • Krammes
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Krammes is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
        • Roberta
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Roberta is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
        • Rocky Ford
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Benton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Benton is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
        • Hawley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Hawley is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
        • Higbee
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Higbee is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
        • Fayette
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Fayette is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
        • Vroman
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Vroman is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
        • Manzanola
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Timpas
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Timpas is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas

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- Marlman) 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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