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Nearest Communities to Platoro,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

Platoro is located in Conejos County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Conejos County: Alamosa, Archuleta, Costilla, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & Taos (NM).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Platoro. Of these communities, 27 are located in counties other than Conejos 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 Platoro (which is Conejos 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 Platoro

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

  • Conejos County   (where Platoro resides)
    • County Seat for Conejos:   Conejos
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platoro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platoro.
      • Three Forks
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
        • Three Forks is located in Conejos County
      • Centro
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Centro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro
        • Centro is located in Conejos County
      • Capulin
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Cumbres
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Osier
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Fox Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
        • Fox Creek is located in Conejos County
      • Morgan
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morgan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Morgan is located in Conejos County
      • Canon
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon
        • Canon is located in Conejos County
      • Las Mesitas
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Mesitas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Mesitas
        • Las Mesitas is located in Conejos County
  • Alamosa County
  • Archuleta County
    • County Website:   www.archuletacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platoro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platoro.
      • Tierra Amarilla Grant
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Amarilla Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
        • Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County
      • Treasure
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Treasure have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
        • Treasure is located in Archuleta County
      • Chromo
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Pagosa Springs
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pagosa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Springs
        • Pagosa Springs is located in Archuleta County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,132 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pagosa Springs <4>
  • Rio Grande County
    • County Website:   www.riograndecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Grande:   Del Norte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Platoro   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Platoro.
      • Jasper ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jasper. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
        • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Jasper
        • From Platoro to Jasper
      • Summitville ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gerrard
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Hanna
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hanna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
        • Hanna is located in Rio Grande County
      • South Fork
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
        • South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <4>
      • Alpine
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alpine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Alpine is located in Rio Grande County
      • Baxterville
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxterville
        • Baxterville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Agua Ramon
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Del Norte
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Evansville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evansville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
        • Evansville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Sevenmile Plaza
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sevenmile Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Plaza
        • Sevenmile Plaza is located in Rio Grande County
      • Torres
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
        • Torres is located in Rio Grande County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Monte Vista
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista
          • Monte Vista is located in Rio Grande County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,067 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monte Vista <4>
        • Maxeyville
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxeyville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxeyville
          • Maxeyville is located in Rio Grande County
        • Sugar Junction
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sugar Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Junction
          • Sugar Junction is located in Rio Grande County
        • Zinzer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zinzer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinzer
          • Zinzer is located in Rio Grande County
        • Homelake
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Homelake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homelake
          • Homelake is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homelake <4>
        • Vastine
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vastine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vastine
          • Vastine is located in Rio Grande County
  • Rio Arriba County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Platoro) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Platoro. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3513, Longitude: -106.5296    
<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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