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Nearest Communities to Sapinero,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

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

Sapinero is located in Gunnison County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Gunnison County: Chaffee, Delta, Hinsdale, Ouray, Pitkin & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sapinero. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Gunnison 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 Sapinero (which is Gunnison 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 Sapinero

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

  • Gunnison County   (where Sapinero resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
    • County Seat for Gunnison:   Gunnison
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sapinero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sapinero.
      • Iola ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Iola is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iola
      • Gateview
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Gateview is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gateview
      • Spencer
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Spencer is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
      • Hierro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Hierro is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hierro
      • Midway ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Midway is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • Powderhorn
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Vulcan ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Vulcan is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
      • Gunnison
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Smith Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Smith Place is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith Place
      • Chance
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Chance is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chance
      • Baldwin ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Baldwin is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
      • Floresta ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Floresta is located in Gunnison County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floresta
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Almont
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Sillsville
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Sillsville is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sillsville
        • Irwin ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
        • Ruby
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Ruby is located in Gunnison County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby
  • Delta County
  • Hinsdale County
  • Montrose County
    • County Website:   https://www.montrosecounty.net/
    • County Seat for Montrose:   Montrose
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sapinero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sapinero.
      • Cimarron
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Maher
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Cedar Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Cedar Creek is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Creek
      • Lujane
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Lujane is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lujane
      • Fairview
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Fairview is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
      • Uncompahgre
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Uncompahgre is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uncompahgre
      • Vernal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Vernal is located in Montrose County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernal
  • Ouray County
    • County Website:   https://www.ouraycountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Ouray:   Ouray
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sapinero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sapinero.
      • Eldredge
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Eldredge is located in Ouray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldredge
      • Colona
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Colona is located in Ouray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colona
      • Dallas
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Dallas is located in Ouray County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dallas
  • Saguache County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sapinero) 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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