Nearest Communities to Rock Crossing,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rock Crossing, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rock Crossing:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 north.
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 north 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pueblo County: Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Lincoln & Otero.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rock Crossing. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Pueblo 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 Rock Crossing (which is Pueblo 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 Rock Crossing
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Pueblo County (where Rock Crossing resides)
- County Website: www.co.pueblo.co.us/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Pueblo County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Pueblo County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Pueblo County
- Nearest Communities to Rock Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Crossing.
- Whiterock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - Cedar Crest
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
- Hamlet
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Nepesta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Cedarwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Crowley County
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Crowley County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Crowley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Crowley County
- Nearest Communities to Rock Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Crossing.
- Pultney
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Olney Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Olney Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Springs
- Olney Springs is located in Crowley County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 325 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olney Springs <4>
- King Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for King Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Las Animas County
- County Website: www.tlac.net/county/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Nearest Communities to Rock Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Crossing.
- Delhi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Houghton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Houghton is located in Las Animas County
- Thatcher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Simpson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - Tyrone
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Model
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Model
- Model is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Model <4>
- Otero County
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- Nearest Communities to Rock Crossing ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rock Crossing.
- Bloom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Mindeman
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Ayer
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east) - Timpas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Elder
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Fowler
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Fowler is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,149 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fowler <4>
- Hawley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Benton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Manzanola
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manzanola have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzanola
- Manzanola is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manzanola <4>
- Vroman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Fayette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Roberta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Krammes
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Newdale
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rock Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rock Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7700, Longitude: -104.1241 In this case, the coordinates for Rock Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |