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Nearest Communities to Rogers Mesa,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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.

Rogers Mesa is located in Delta County.

The following 3 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Delta County: Gunnison, Mesa & Montrose.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Rogers Mesa. Of these communities, 20 are located in counties other than Delta 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 Rogers Mesa (which is Delta 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 Rogers Mesa

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

  • Delta County   (where Rogers Mesa resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.deltacountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Delta:   Delta
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rogers Mesa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rogers Mesa.
      • Lazear
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Hotchkiss
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Payne
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Payne is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Payne
      • Austin
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Coburn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Coburn is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coburn
      • Orchard City
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Orchard City is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard City
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,242 people
      • Read
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Read is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Read
      • Saxton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Saxton is located in Delta County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saxton
      • Eckert
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Cory
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Cedaredge
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Crawford
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Continue List   (17 more) ...
        • Saunders
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Saunders is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saunders
        • Paonia
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Chipeta
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
          • Chipeta is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chipeta
        • Brimstone Corner
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Brimstone Corner is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimstone Corner
        • Colby
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Colby is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colby
        • North Delta
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • North Delta is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Delta
        • Delta
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Bowie
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Bowie is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowie
          • Former names for Bowie:
          • Reading
          • Wauneta
        • Juanita Junction
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Juanita Junction is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita Junction
        • Grand Mesa
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Grand Mesa is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Mesa
        • Roubideau
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Roubideau is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roubideau
        • Huff
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Huff is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
        • Escalante
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Escalante is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escalante
        • Broughton
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Broughton is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broughton
        • Dominguez
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Dominguez is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dominguez
        • Keyhole
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Keyhole is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keyhole
        • Peeples
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Peeples is located in Delta County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peeples
  • Gunnison County
  • Mesa County
  • Montrose County
    • County Website:   https://www.montrosecounty.net/
    • County Seat for Montrose:   Montrose
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Rogers Mesa   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Rogers Mesa.
      • Maher
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Olathe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Frost
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Frost is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
      • Hoovers Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Hoovers Corner is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoovers Corner
      • Pea Green Corner
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Pea Green Corner is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pea Green Corner
      • Roe
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Roe is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roe
      • Fairview
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Fairview is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Lujane
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Lujane is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lujane
      • Cedar Creek
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Cedar Creek is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Montrose
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Oak Grove
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Oak Grove is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
      • Vernal
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Vernal is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
      • Cimarron
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Uncompahgre
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Uncompahgre is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncompahgre

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- Rogers Mesa) 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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