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Nearest Communities to Spar City,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 from Spar City.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Spar City is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Mineral County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mineral County: Archuleta, Hinsdale, Rio Grande & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Spar City. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Mineral County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Spar City (which is Mineral 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 Spar City

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

  • Mineral County   (where Spar City resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.mineralcountycolorado.com/
    • County Seat for Mineral:   Creede
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spar City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spar City.
      • Sunnyside
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Sunnyside is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunnyside
      • Creede
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Creede is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creede
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
        • Former name for Creede:
        • Amethyst
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Creede <4>
      • Bachelor City ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Bachelor City is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachelor City
      • North Creede
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • North Creede is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Creede
      • Weaver ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Weaver is located in Mineral County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
  • Archuleta County
  • Hinsdale County
    • County Website:   https://hinsdalecounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Hinsdale:   Lake City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spar City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spar City.
      • Old Carson ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Old Carson is located in Hinsdale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carson
      • Carson ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Carson is located in Hinsdale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson
      • Cathedral
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Cathedral is located in Hinsdale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cathedral
      • Sherman ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Sherman is located in Hinsdale County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
      • Lake City
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rio Grande County
    • County Website:   https://riograndecounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Rio Grande:   Del Norte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Spar City   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Spar City.
      • Baxterville
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Baxterville is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxterville
      • South Fork
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Alpine
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Alpine is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
      • Gerrard
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Gerrard is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
      • Agua Ramon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Agua Ramon is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Ramon
      • Hanna
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Hanna is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
      • Summitville ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
  • San Juan County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spar City) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spar City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.