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Nearest Communities to Mesa,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 Mesa.<1>

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

Mesa is located in Mesa County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mesa County: Delta, Garfield, Gunnison, Montrose, Pitkin & Grand (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mesa. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Mesa 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 Mesa (which is Mesa 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 Mesa

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

  • Mesa County   (where Mesa resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mesacounty.us/
    • County Seat for Mesa:   Grand Junction
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mesa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mesa.
      • John Held Corner
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • John Held Corner is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Held Corner
      • Molina
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mesa Lakes Resort
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Mesa Lakes Resort is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes Resort
      • Mesa Lakes
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Mesa Lakes is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Lakes
      • Plateau City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Plateau City is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plateau City
      • Akin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Akin is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Akin
      • Cameo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Collbran
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • De Beque
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Palisade
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Mount Lincoln
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Mount Lincoln is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Lincoln
      • Bridges Switch
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Bridges Switch is located in Mesa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges Switch
      • Continue List   (16 more) ...
        • Clifton
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Fruitvale
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Heiberger
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Heiberger is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heiberger
        • Highland Park
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Highland Park is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Park
        • Johnsons Corner
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Johnsons Corner is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnsons Corner
        • Pear Park
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Pear Park is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pear Park
        • Whitewater
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Kannah
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Kannah is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannah
        • Grand Junction
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Orchard Mesa
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Orchard Mesa is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Mesa
        • Rosevale
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Rosevale is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosevale
        • Appleton
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Appleton is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton
        • Durham
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Durham is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durham
        • Bridgeport
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Bridgeport is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
        • Redlands
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Redlands is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
        • Rhone
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Rhone is located in Mesa County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhone
  • Delta County
    • County Website:   https://www.deltacountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Delta:   Delta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mesa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mesa.
      • Grand Mesa
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Brimstone Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
      • Colby
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Colby is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
      • Cedaredge
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Eckert
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Orchard City
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Orchard City is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
      • Broughton
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Broughton is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
      • Peeples
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Peeples is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
      • Cory
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Dominguez
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Austin
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Huff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Huff is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • North Delta
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Read
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Read is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
        • Saunders
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Saunders is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Saxton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Saxton is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
        • Payne
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Payne is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
        • Delta
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Escalante
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Roubideau
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Garfield County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mesa) 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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