Nearest Communities to Three Forks,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Three Forks, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Three Forks:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Three Forks.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Three Forks is located in Conejos County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Conejos County: Alamosa, Archuleta, Costilla, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & Taos (NM).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Three Forks. Of these communities, 25 are located in counties other than Conejos 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 Three Forks (which is Conejos 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 Three Forks
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Conejos County (where Three Forks resides)
- County Seat for Conejos: Conejos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Conejos County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Conejos County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Conejos County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Platoro
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
- Platoro is located in Conejos County
- Cumbres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County
- Osier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
- Osier is located in Conejos County
- Centro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Fox Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Capulin
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capulin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
- Capulin is located in Conejos County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <4>
- Canon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archuleta County
- County Website: www.archuletacounty.org/
- County Seat for Archuleta: Pagosa Springs
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Archuleta County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Archuleta County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Archuleta County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Tierra Amarilla Grant
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Amarilla Grant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
- Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County
- Treasure
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Chromo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chromo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chromo
- Chromo is located in Archuleta County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chromo <4>
- Pagosa Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pagosa Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Springs
- Pagosa Springs is located in Archuleta County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,132 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pagosa Springs <4>
- Edith
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Trujillo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
- Trujillo is located in Archuleta County
- Nutria
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Rio Grande County
- County Website: www.riograndecounty.org/
- County Seat for Rio Grande: Del Norte
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Rio Grande County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Summitville ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
- Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
- Jasper ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - Baxterville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxterville
- Baxterville is located in Rio Grande County
- Gerrard
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gerrard
- Gerrard is located in Rio Grande County
- South Fork
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Fork
- South Fork is located in Rio Grande County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 425 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Fork <4>
- Alpine
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Hanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Agua Ramon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Ramon
- Agua Ramon is located in Rio Grande County
- Rio Arriba County
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Rio Arriba County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Chama
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
- Chama is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <4>
- Willow Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Diamante ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest) - Biggs ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Toltec
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Amargo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Sublette
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Lumberton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
- Monero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
- Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Three Forks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Three Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.2767, Longitude: -106.6217 In this case, the coordinates for Three Forks 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. |