Nearest Communities to Simpson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Simpson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Simpson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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 from Simpson.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Simpson is located in Las Animas County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Simpson. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Simpson (which is Las Animas 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 Simpson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Las Animas County (where Simpson resides)
- 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 Simpson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simpson.
- Tyrone
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Thatcher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast) - Houghton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Houghton is located in Las Animas County
- Model
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Model
- Model is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Model <4>
- Delhi
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Earl
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Patterson Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County
- Hoehne
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoehne have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoehne
- Hoehne is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoehne <4>
- Beshoar
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - El Moro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
- El Moro is located in Las Animas County
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
- Barela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Continue List (12 more) ...
- Lynn
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Walts Corner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Aguilar
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aguilar
- Aguilar is located in Las Animas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 479 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aguilar <4>
- Rugby
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - Troy ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east) - Abeyta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Engleville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engleville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
- Engleville is located in Las Animas County
- Trinidad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad
- Trinidad is located in Las Animas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinidad <4>
- Delagua ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - San Miguel ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County
- Vallorso
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lynn
- Huerfano County
- County Seat for Huerfano: Walsenburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Huerfano County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Huerfano County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Huerfano County
- Nearest Communities to Simpson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simpson.
- Lester
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Monson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Pryor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Rouse
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Cuchara Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cuchara Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
- Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
- Mayne
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- 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 Simpson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simpson.
- Bloom
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast) - Mindeman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast) - Ayer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Timpas
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Pueblo County
- 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 Simpson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Simpson.
- Rock Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Crossing
- Rock Crossing is located in Pueblo County
- Cedar Crest
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- 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
- Whiterock
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
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- Simpson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Simpson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.4978, Longitude: -104.1672 In this case, the coordinates for Simpson 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. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |