Nearest Communities to Swallows Nest,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Swallows Nest, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Swallows Nest:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Swallows Nest<2> is historic,<3> it would have been located within present day Montezuma County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Montezuma County: Apache (AZ), Dolores, La Plata, San Juan, San Juan (NM) & San Juan (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Swallows Nest. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than Montezuma County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<4> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Swallows Nest (which is Montezuma 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 Swallows Nest
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Montezuma County (where Swallows Nest resides)
- County Website: www.co.montezuma.co.us/
- County Seat for Montezuma: Cortez
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Montezuma County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Montezuma County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Montezuma County
- Nearest Communities to Swallows Nest ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Swallows Nest.
- Echo House ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo House have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
- Echo House is located in Montezuma County
- Badger House Community ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger House Community have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger House Community
- Badger House Community is located in Montezuma County
- Weber
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Cortez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cortez have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortez
- Cortez is located in Montezuma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,734 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortez <6>
- Towaoc
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towaoc have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaoc
- Towaoc is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Towaoc <6>
- Mancos
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mancos have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mancos
- Mancos is located in Montezuma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,398 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mancos <6>
- Millwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Dolores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolores
- Dolores is located in Montezuma County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 964 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dolores <6>
- Lebanon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Arriola
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arriola
- Arriola is located in Montezuma County
- Mariano
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Stapleton
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Continue List (6 more) ...
- Lewis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lewis have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
- Lewis is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewis <6>
- Golconda
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Roundup Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundup Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundup Junction
- Roundup Junction is located in Montezuma County
- McPhee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Yellow Jacket
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellow Jacket
- Yellow Jacket is located in Montezuma County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yellow Jacket <6>
- Stoner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lewis
- La Plata County
- County Website: www.co.laplata.co.us/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- Nearest Communities to Swallows Nest ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Swallows Nest.
- Redmesa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east) - Kline
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Marvel
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
- Marvel is located in La Plata County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marvel <6>
- Breen
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fort Lewis. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
- Fort Lewis is located in La Plata County
- Hesperus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesperus
- Hesperus is located in La Plata County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hesperus <6>
- Mayday ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - La Plata ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Juan County
- County Website: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Nearest Communities to Swallows Nest ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Swallows Nest.
- Cottonwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in San Juan County (NM)
- La Plata
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- La Plata is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <6>
- Laplata PO
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laplata PO have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata PO
- Laplata PO is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Cudei
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Shiprock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiprock
- Shiprock is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiprock <6>
- Fruitland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Fruitland is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <6>
- Kirtland
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirtland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland
- Kirtland is located in San Juan County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirtland <6>
- Nenahnezad
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nenahnezad have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nenahnezad
- Nenahnezad is located in San Juan County (NM)
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 from Point A (ie- Swallows Nest) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Swallows Nest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.1572, Longitude: -108.4679 In this case, the coordinates for Swallows Nest have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Swallows Nest may originally have been Swallow's Nest. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Swallows Nest might be written as Swallow Nest. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Swallows Nest. |
| <3> | 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 Swallows Nest, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <7> | 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. |