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Nearest Communities to Sugar Junction,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

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.


Sugar Junction is located in Rio Grande County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Grande County: Alamosa, Archuleta, Conejos, Mineral & Saguache.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sugar Junction. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Rio Grande 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 Sugar Junction (which is Rio Grande 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 Sugar Junction

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

  • Rio Grande County   (where Sugar Junction resides)
    • County Website:   https://riograndecounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Rio Grande:   Del Norte
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sugar Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sugar Junction.
      • Homelake
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Zinzer
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • Zinzer is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zinzer
      • Monte Vista
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Vastine
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Vastine is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vastine
      • Maxeyville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Maxeyville is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxeyville
      • Torres
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Torres is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
      • Dunul
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Dunul is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunul
      • Sevenmile Plaza
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Sevenmile Plaza is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevenmile Plaza
      • Ansel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Ansel is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ansel
      • Center
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Center is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,385 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Center <3>
      • Evansville
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Evansville is located in Rio Grande County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
      • Del Norte
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Hanna
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Hanna is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
        • Jasper ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
        • Agua Ramon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Agua Ramon is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Ramon
        • Alpine
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Alpine is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
        • Gerrard
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Gerrard is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
        • Summitville ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
        • South Fork
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Baxterville
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Baxterville is located in Rio Grande County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxterville
  • Alamosa County
    • County Website:   https://www.alamosacounty.org/
    • County Seat for Alamosa:   Alamosa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sugar Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sugar Junction.
      • Parma
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Parma is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parma
      • Waverly
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Waverly is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
      • Mosca
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Alamosa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Alamosa East
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Alamosa East is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamosa East
      • La Fruto
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • La Fruto is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Fruto
      • Hartner
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Hartner is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartner
      • Henry
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Henry is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henry
      • Hooper
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Estrella
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Estrella is located in Alamosa County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estrella
  • Conejos County
    • County Website:   https://conejoscounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Conejos:   Conejos
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sugar Junction   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sugar Junction.
      • Morgan
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Morgan is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
      • Capulin
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Centro
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Centro is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro
      • La Jara
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Richfield
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Richfield is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
      • Bountiful
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Bountiful is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
      • Sanford
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Platoro
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Platoro is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
      • Manassa
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Romeo
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Lasauses
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Lasauses is located in Conejos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
  • Saguache County

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- Sugar Junction) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.