Nearest Communities to North La Junta,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to North La Junta, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for North La Junta:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 starting from North La Junta.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
North La Junta is located in Otero County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of North La Junta. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Otero 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 North La Junta (which is Otero 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 North La Junta
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where North La Junta resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North La Junta.
- La Junta
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- La Junta Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- La Junta Gardens is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- La Junta Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- La Junta Village is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Casa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Casa is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Ormega
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ormega is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Swink
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Fort Bent was located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Cheraw
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Orr is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Randall
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Randall is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Hadley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hadley is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Hays
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hays is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Shelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shelton is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Newdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Newdale is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Roberta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Roberta is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Castiel
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Castiel is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- Benton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hawley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Hawley is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Krammes
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Krammes is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Rocky Ford
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Fayette
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Fayette is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Higbee
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Higbee is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Vroman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Vroman is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Timpas
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Timpas is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Manzanola
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ayer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ayer is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Elder is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Mindeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mindeman is also located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
- Fowler
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Bent County
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North La Junta.
- Marlman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Riverdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cornelia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Boggsville was located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Las Animas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Gilpin
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Gilpin is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Las Animas Junction
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Melina
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Melina is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
- Fort Lyon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Keller
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Keller is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Kreybill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Kreybill is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
- Hilton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hilton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Toonerville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Toonerville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
- Ruxton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruxton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
- Ninaview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Ninaview is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninaview
- Caddoa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Caddoa was located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddoa
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North La Junta.
- Sugar City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Ordway
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- King Center
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Olney Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pultney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Pultney is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pultney
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to North La Junta ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from North La Junta.
- Heath
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Arlington
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
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- North La Junta) 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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