Nearest Communities to Old Fort Bent,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Old Fort Bent, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Old Fort Bent:
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 Old Fort Bent.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Old Fort Bent is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 Old Fort Bent. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than Otero County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Old Fort Bent (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 Old Fort Bent
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Old Fort Bent resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort Bent ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort Bent.
- Hadley
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Casa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Castiel
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Castiel is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- La Junta Village
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Cheraw
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North La Junta
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- Orr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- La Junta Gardens
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- La Junta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Randall
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Ormega
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Hays
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Shelton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Swink
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Newdale
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Roberta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Krammes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Benton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Hawley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Rocky Ford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Higbee
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Higbee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Fayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fayette is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Vroman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Vroman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Timpas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Timpas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Manzanola
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Ayer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ayer is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Elder
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- Bent County
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort Bent ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort Bent.
- Marlman
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Riverdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cornelia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Las Animas
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Las Animas Junction
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Melina
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Melina is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
- Gilpin
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gilpin is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilpin
- Fort Lyon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Keller
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Keller is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keller
- Kreybill
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Kreybill is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kreybill
- Hilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Hilton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Toonerville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Toonerville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toonerville
- Caddoa ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Caddoa is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddoa
- Ruxton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ruxton is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruxton
- Hasty
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Lubers
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lubers is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lubers
- Ninaview
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ninaview is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ninaview
- Able
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Able is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Able
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort Bent ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort Bent.
- Sugar City
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Ordway
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- King Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Olney Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Old Fort Bent ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Old Fort Bent.
- Heath
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Arlington
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
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- Old Fort Bent) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Fort Bent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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