Nearest Communities to Troy,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Troy, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Troy:
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.
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 Troy is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Troy. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Las Animas 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 Troy (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 Troy
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Las Animas County (where Troy resides)
- County Website: www.tlac.net/county/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Nearest Communities to Troy ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Troy.
- Villegreen
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villegreen
- Villegreen is located in Las Animas County
- Tobe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast) - Walts Corner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County
- Kim
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kim have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kim
- Kim is located in Las Animas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kim <5>
- Lone Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Houghton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houghton
- Houghton is located in Las Animas County
- Delhi
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Thatcher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Branson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
- Branson is located in Las Animas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Former name for Branson:
- Wilson's Switch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <5>
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Andrix
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Simpson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Trinchera
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinchera
- Trinchera is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinchera <5>
- Tyrone
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
- Tyrone is located in Las Animas County
- Model
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Model
- Model is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Model <5>
- Patterson Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County
- Andrix
- Otero County
- County Seat for Otero: La Junta
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Otero County
- Nearest Communities to Troy ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Troy.
- Bloom
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Mindeman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest) - Ayer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Union County
- County Seat for Union: Clayton (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- Nearest Communities to Troy ...
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 from Point A (ie- Troy) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Troy. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3616, Longitude: -103.6840 |
| <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 Troy, 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |