Nearest Communities to Sierra,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sierra, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sierra:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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 starting from Sierra.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Sierra is located in Costilla County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Costilla County: Alamosa, Conejos, Huerfano, Las Animas, Colfax (NM) & Taos (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sierra. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Costilla 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 Sierra (which is Costilla 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 Sierra
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Costilla County (where Sierra resides)
- County Website: https://www.costillacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Costilla: San Luis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sierra ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sierra.
- Russell ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Russell is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Fir
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Mortimer
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Mortimer is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mortimer
- Garland City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Garland City is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland City
- Fort Garland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Blanca
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- San Luis
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sangre de Cristo Grant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Chama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
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- Viejo San Acacio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Viejo San Acacio is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viejo San Acacio
- San Pablo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- San Pedro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- San Pedro is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- San Acacio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Los Fuertes
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Los Fuertes is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Fuertes
- La Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- La Valley is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valley
- Huerfano County
- County Website: https://huerfano.us/
- County Seat for Huerfano: Walsenburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sierra ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sierra.
- Codo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Codo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codo
- Muleshoe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
- La Veta Pass
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- La Veta Pass is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta Pass
- Occidental
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Occidental is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occidental
- Chama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chama is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
- Cuchara
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- La Veta
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Red Wing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sharpsdale
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Sharpsdale is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharpsdale
- Malachite
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Malachite is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malachite
- Gardner
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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- Farisita
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Farisita is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farisita
- Alamo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Alamo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Badito
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Badito is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badito
- Tioga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Strong
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Maitland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Maitland is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Bradford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bradford is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Calumet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Calumet is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Delcarbon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Delcarbon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delcarbon
- Gordon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Morning Glory
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Pictou
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pictou is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pictou
- Walsenburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Lester
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lester is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Mayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Mayne is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayne
- Monson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Monson is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Pryor
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Pryor is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Rouse
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rouse is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sierra ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sierra.
- Monument Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Monument Park is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument Park
- Stonewall Gap
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
- Parras Plaza
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Parras Plaza is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parras Plaza
- Stonewall
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
- Vigil
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Vigil is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigil
- Saguache County
- County Website: https://saguachecounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Saguache: Saguache
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sierra ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sierra.
- Liberty ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Liberty is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Duncan ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Duncan is located in Saguache County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Sierra) 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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