Nearest Communities to Walsenburg,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Walsenburg, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Walsenburg:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Please note 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.
Walsenburg is located in Huerfano County and is the County Seat.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Huerfano County: Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Las Animas & Pueblo.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 52 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Walsenburg. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Huerfano 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 Walsenburg (which is Huerfano 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 Walsenburg
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Huerfano County (where Walsenburg resides)
- County Website: https://huerfano.us/
- County Seat for Huerfano: Walsenburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walsenburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walsenburg.
- Pictou
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pictou is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pictou
- Maitland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Maitland is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland
- Morning Glory
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Morning Glory is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
- Cuchara Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Cuchara Junction is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchara Junction
- Gordon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Gordon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Calumet
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Calumet is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
- Mayne
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mayne is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayne
- Delcarbon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Delcarbon is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delcarbon
- Monson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Monson is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monson
- Pryor
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Pryor is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pryor
- Strong
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Strong is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong
- Tioga
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Tioga is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tioga
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Lester
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lester is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lester
- Rouse
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Rouse is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse
- Alamo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Alamo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
- Lascar
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Lascar is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lascar
- Badito
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Badito is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badito
- La Veta
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Apache City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Apache City is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache City
- Farisita
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Farisita is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farisita
- Occidental
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Occidental is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Occidental
- Codo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Codo is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codo
- La Veta Pass
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- La Veta Pass is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Veta Pass
- Muleshoe
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Muleshoe is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
- Gardner
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Uptop ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Uptop is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptop
- Cuchara
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Malachite
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Malachite is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malachite
- Red Wing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chama
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Chama is located in Huerfano County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
- Costilla County
- County Website: https://www.costillacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Costilla: San Luis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walsenburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walsenburg.
- Fir
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Fir is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fir
- Sierra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Sierra is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra
- Russell ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Russell is located in Costilla County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
- Custer County
- County Website: https://www.custercounty-co.gov/
- County Seat for Custer: Westcliffe
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walsenburg ...
- San Isabel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- San Isabel is located in Custer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Isabel
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walsenburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walsenburg.
- Rugby
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rugby is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Lynn
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Lynn is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn
- Aguilar
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Delagua ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Delagua is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delagua
- Gulnare
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Ludlow is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ludlow
- Vallorso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Vallorso is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallorso
- Reilly Canyon
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Reilly Canyon is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Canyon
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Forbes is located in Las Animas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Boncarbo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Pueblo County
- County Website: https://county.pueblo.org/
- County Seat for Pueblo: Pueblo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Walsenburg ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Walsenburg.
- Greenhorn
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Greenhorn is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenhorn
- Colorado City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Colorado City is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colorado City
- Cuerna Verde Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cuerna Verde Park is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuerna Verde Park
- Rye
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Cedarwood
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cedarwood is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
- Burnt Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Burnt Mill is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Mill
- Cedar Crest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cedar Crest is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
- Marnel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Marnel is located in Pueblo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marnel
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- Walsenburg) 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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