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Nearest Communities to Patterson Crossing,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Patterson Crossing.<1>

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


Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Patterson Crossing. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Patterson Crossing (which is Las Animas 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 Patterson Crossing

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

  • Las Animas County   (where Patterson Crossing resides)
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Patterson Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Patterson Crossing.
      • Barela
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Barela is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
      • Earl
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Earl is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
      • Abeyta
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Abeyta is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
      • Model
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hoehne
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Beshoar
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Beshoar is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beshoar
      • San Miguel ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • San Miguel was located in Las Animas County
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      • Trinchera
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • El Moro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • El Moro is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
      • Engleville
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Engleville is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
      • Tyrone
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Tyrone is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
      • Trinidad
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Trinidad is also located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,127 people
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        • Walts Corner
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Walts Corner is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Jansen
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Jansen is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
        • Starkville
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Simpson
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Simpson is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Forbes ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Forbes was located in Las Animas County
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        • Piedmont ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Piedmont was located in Las Animas County
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        • Morley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Morley is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
        • Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Saint Thomas was located in Las Animas County
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        • Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Sopris Plaza was located in Las Animas County
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        • Sopris ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Sopris was located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
        • Wootton
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Wootton is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
        • Branson
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Branson is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
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        • Ludlow ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Ludlow was located in Las Animas County
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        • Viola
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Viola is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Thatcher
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Thatcher is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Cokedale
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Cokedale is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
        • Madrid ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Madrid was located in Las Animas County
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        • Vallorso
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Vallorso is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Tijeras
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Tijeras is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Boncarbo
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Delagua ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Delagua was located in Las Animas County
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        • Houghton ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Houghton was located in Las Animas County
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        • Aguilar
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Aguilar is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aguilar
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
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        • Lynn
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Lynn is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Reilly Canyon
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Reilly Canyon is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Valdez
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Valdez is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Segundo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Primero ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Primero was located in Las Animas County
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        • Sequndo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Sequndo is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequndo
        • Troy ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Troy was located in Las Animas County
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        • Rugby
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Rugby is also located in Las Animas County
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        • Gulnare
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Sarcillo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Sarcillo is also located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarcillo
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Patterson Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Patterson Crossing.
      • Yankee ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Yankee was located in Colfax County (NM)
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      • Sugarite ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Sugarite was located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
      • Carisbrook
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Carisbrook is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
      • Keota
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Keota is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Brilliant ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Brilliant was located in Colfax County (NM)
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      • Raton
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Raton is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
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      • Dillon
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Dillon is located in Colfax County (NM)
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      • Gardiner ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardiner was located in Colfax County (NM)
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  • Union County
    • County Website:   https://unionnm.us/
    • County Seat for Union:   Clayton (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Patterson Crossing   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Patterson Crossing.
      • Emery Gap ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Emery Gap was located in Union County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Gap
      • Madison ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Madison was located in Union County (NM)
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      • Folsom
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Patterson Crossing) 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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