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Nearest Communities to Villa Grove,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>

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


Villa Grove is located in Saguache County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Saguache County: Alamosa, Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Mineral & Rio Grande.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Villa Grove. Of these communities, 31 are located in counties other than Saguache 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 Villa Grove (which is Saguache 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 Villa Grove

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

  • Saguache County   (where Villa Grove resides)
    • County Website:   https://saguachecounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Saguache:   Saguache
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villa Grove   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villa Grove.
      • Mineral Hot Springs
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Mineral Hot Springs is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hot Springs
      • Parkville
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Parkville is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkville
      • Alder ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Alder is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alder
      • Bonanza
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Bonanza is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 21 people
      • Kerper City
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Kerper City is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerper City
      • Sedgewick ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Sedgewick is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedgewick
      • Mirage ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Mirage is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mirage
      • Spook City
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Spook City is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spook City
      • Bonita
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
        • Bonita is located in Saguache County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Saguache
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Moffat
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Chester
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Chester is located in Saguache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
        • Crestone
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Sargents
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Cottonwood
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Cottonwood is located in Saguache County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
  • Chaffee County
    • County Website:   https://www.chaffeecounty.org/
    • County Seat for Chaffee:   Salida
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villa Grove   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villa Grove.
      • Shirley ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Shirley is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley
      • Mears Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Mears Junction is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mears Junction
      • Cleora
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Cleora is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleora
      • Poncha Springs
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Salida
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Smeltertown
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Smeltertown is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smeltertown
      • Belleview
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Belleview is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
      • Maysville ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Maysville is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
      • Browns Canon
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
        • Browns Canon is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browns Canon
      • Turret ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Turret is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turret
      • Garfield ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Garfield is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
      • Monarch
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Swan ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Swan is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swan
      • Shavano ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Shavano is located in Chaffee County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shavano
  • Custer County
  • Fremont County
    • County Website:   https://fremontcountyco.gov/
    • County Seat for Fremont:   Canon City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Villa Grove   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Villa Grove.
      • Calcite ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Calcite is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calcite
      • Coaldale
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Pleasanton
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Pleasanton is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
      • Vallie
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Vallie is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallie
      • Howard
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Swissvale
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Swissvale is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swissvale
      • Wellsville
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Wellsville is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellsville
      • Cotopaxi
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Hillside
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Texas Creek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Texas Creek is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas Creek
      • Echo
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Echo is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
      • Whitehorn
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Whitehorn is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehorn
      • Sunset City
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Sunset City is located in Fremont County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset City

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Villa Grove) 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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