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Nearest Communities to Norwood,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Norwood.<1>

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

Norwood is located in San Miguel County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Miguel County: Dolores, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan & San Juan (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Norwood. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than San Miguel 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 Norwood (which is San Miguel 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 Norwood

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

  • San Miguel County   (where Norwood resides)
    • County Website:   www.sanmiguelcounty.org/
    • County Seat for San Miguel:   Telluride
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norwood.
      • Basin
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Basin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
        • Basin is located in San Miguel County
      • Brown
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brown
        • Brown is located in San Miguel County
      • Leonard ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leonard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
        • Leonard is located in San Miguel County
      • Placerville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Beards Corner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beards Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beards Corner
        • Beards Corner is located in San Miguel County
      • Sams
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams
        • Sams is located in San Miguel County
      • Sawpit
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
        • Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
        • Sawpit has also been known as:
        • Saw Pit
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Sawpit
        • From Norwood to Sawpit
      • Noel
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Noel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noel
        • Noel is located in San Miguel County
      • Vanadium ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Lime
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lime have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
        • Lime is located in San Miguel County
      • Ilium
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ilium. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilium
        • Ilium is located in San Miguel County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Ilium
        • From Norwood to Ilium
      • Keystone ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Vance Junction
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Mountain Village
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Village
          • Mountain Village is located in San Miguel County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,470 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain Village <4>
        • San Miguel ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Ames ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ames. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
          • Ames is located in San Miguel County
          • Google driving directions:
          • From your current location to Ames
          • From Norwood to Ames
        • Alta ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ophir Loop
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ophir Loop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir Loop
          • Ophir Loop is located in San Miguel County
        • Telluride
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Liberty Bell ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Pandora
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Dolores County
  • Montrose County
    • County Website:   www.co.montrose.co.us/
    • County Seat for Montrose:   Montrose
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Norwood   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Norwood.
      • Coventry
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coventry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
        • Coventry is located in Montrose County
      • Redvale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Redvale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redvale
        • Redvale is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redvale <4>
      • Ute
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Pinon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Mountain View
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
        • Mountain View is located in Montrose County
      • Nucla
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nucla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nucla
        • Nucla is located in Montrose County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nucla <4>
      • Naturita
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • East Vancorum
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Vancorum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Vancorum
        • East Vancorum is located in Montrose County
      • Vancorum
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • West Vancorum
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Vancorum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Vancorum
        • West Vancorum is located in Montrose County
      • Uravan ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Oak Grove
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
      • Uncompahgre
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Vernal
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vernal. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
        • Vernal is located in Montrose County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Vernal
        • From Norwood to Vernal
  • Ouray County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Norwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Norwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1307, Longitude: -108.2914    
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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