Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Rocky Ford, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Rocky Ford:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Rocky Ford.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Rocky Ford is located in 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rocky Ford. Of these communities, 19 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Rocky Ford (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 Rocky Ford
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Rocky Ford resides)
- County Website: https://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Fayette
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fayette is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Krammes
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Krammes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krammes
- Vroman
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Vroman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vroman
- Hays
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Hays is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
- Newdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Newdale is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newdale
- Shelton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Shelton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelton
- Roberta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Roberta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberta
- Manzanola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Randall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Randall is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randall
- Hawley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hawley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawley
- Swink
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Orr
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Orr is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- La Junta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- La Junta Village is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Village
- Cheraw
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- La Junta Gardens
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- La Junta Gardens is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta Gardens
- Ormega
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ormega is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ormega
- Elder
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Elder is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elder
- La Junta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North La Junta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- North La Junta is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North La Junta
- Castiel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Castiel is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castiel
- Benton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Benton is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Casa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Casa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa
- Fowler
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Old Fort Bent ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Old Fort Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fort Bent
- Hadley
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Hadley is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Timpas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Timpas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timpas
- Ayer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Ayer is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayer
- Higbee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Higbee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higbee
- Mindeman
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mindeman is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mindeman
- Bent County
- County Website: https://www.bentcounty.net/
- County Seat for Bent: Las Animas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Marlman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Marlman is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marlman
- Riverdale
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Riverdale is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverdale
- Cornelia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Cornelia is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornelia
- Las Animas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Boggsville ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Boggsville is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boggsville
- Melina
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Melina is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melina
- Las Animas Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Las Animas Junction is located in Bent County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Animas Junction
- Crowley County
- County Website: https://crowleycounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Crowley: Ordway
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Ordway
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Sugar City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Crowley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- King Center
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- King Center is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King Center
- Olney Springs
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Pultney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Pultney is located in Crowley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pultney
- Kiowa County
- County Website: https://kiowacounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Kiowa: Eads
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Heath
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Heath is located in Kiowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heath
- Arlington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Pueblo County
- County Website: https://county.pueblo.org/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Rocky Ford ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Rocky Ford.
- Hamlet
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Hamlet is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Nepesta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Nepesta is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nepesta
- Whiterock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiterock is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiterock
- Boone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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- Rocky Ford) 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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