Nearest Communities to Melina,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Melina, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Melina:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
Keep in mind 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.
Melina 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 55 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Melina. Of these communities, 32 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 Melina (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 Melina
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Bent County (where Melina resides)
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Melina ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melina.
- Fort Lyon
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Las Animas Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Las Animas
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Keller
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Keller is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Kreybill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Kreybill is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Cornelia
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Hilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hilton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Riverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Marlman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Gilpin
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Gilpin is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Caddoa ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Caddoa is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddoa
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Hasty
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lubers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Lubers is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubers
- Able
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Able is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Able
- McClave
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Four Corners Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keesee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Keesee is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keesee
- Old Fort Lyons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Old Fort Lyons is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Lyons
- Prowers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Prowers is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prowers
- Toonerville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Toonerville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
- Big Bend
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Big Bend is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
- Ruxton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ruxton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
- Crowley County
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Melina ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melina.
- Arlington
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Heath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Haswell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Galatea
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Galatea is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galatea
- Hawkins
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hawkins is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
- Otero County
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Melina ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melina.
- Hadley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Castiel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Castiel is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- Casa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Cheraw
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Orr
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- La Junta Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- North La Junta
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- La Junta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Junta Gardens
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- Randall
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Shelton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Ormega
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Hays
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Swink
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Higbee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Higbee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Newdale
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Krammes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Roberta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Benton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hawley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Rocky Ford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Prowers County
- County Website: https://www.prowersco.gov/
- County Seat for Prowers: Lamar
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Melina ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melina.
- Wiley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Beta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Beta is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beta
- Sugar
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Sugar is located in Prowers County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar
- Lamar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
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 from Point A (ie- Melina) 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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