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Nearest Communities to Trinchera,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Trinchera.<1>

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

Trinchera 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 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Trinchera. Of these communities, 16 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 Trinchera (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 Trinchera

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

  • Las Animas County   (where Trinchera resides)
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trinchera   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trinchera.
      • Abeyta
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Abeyta is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
      • Branson
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Walts Corner
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
      • Barela
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Barela is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
      • Patterson Crossing
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
      • San Miguel ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • San Miguel is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • Lone Oak
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
      • Beshoar
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Earl
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Earl is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
      • Hoehne
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Engleville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wootton
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Wootton is located in Las Animas County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Model
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Morley
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Morley is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
        • Tobe
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Tobe is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobe
        • El Moro
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Starkville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Trinidad
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Jansen
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Jansen is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
        • Piedmont ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Piedmont is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
        • Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Saint Thomas is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
        • Tyrone
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Troy ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Sopris Plaza is located in Las Animas County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris Plaza
        • Sopris ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Trinchera   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Trinchera.
      • Yankee ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Yankee is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
      • Carisbrook
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Carisbrook is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
      • Sugarite ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Sugarite is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
      • Raton
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Keota
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Keota is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
      • Dillon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Dillon is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
      • Gardiner ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Gardiner is located in Colfax County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
      • Kiowa ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Brilliant ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Union County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Trinchera) 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.
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