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Nearest Communities to Alaska,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 Alaska.<1>

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

Alaska is located in Cibola County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cibola County: Apache (AZ), Bernalillo, Catron, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro & Valencia.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alaska. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Cibola 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 Alaska (which is Cibola 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 Alaska

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

  • Cibola County   (where Alaska resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
    • County Seat for Cibola:   Grants
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Alaska   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Alaska.
      • West Village
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • West Village is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
      • Acomita ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Acomita is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita
      • North Acomita Village
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Acomita Lake
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Acomita Lake is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
      • San Fidel
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • New York
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • New York is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
      • Villa de Cubero
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Villa de Cubero is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa de Cubero
      • Budville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Budville is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budville
      • Philadelphia
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Philadelphia is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
      • Seama
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Seama is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seama
      • Cubero
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • McCartys
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • McCartys is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartys
      • Continue List   (33 more) ...
        • Harrisburg
          (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
          • Harrisburg is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
        • Paraje
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
          • Paraje is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje
        • Casa Blanca
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Anzac
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Anzac is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
        • Encinal
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Encinal is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinal
        • New Laguna
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • New Laguna is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Laguna
        • Acoma Pueblo
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Acoma Village
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Acoma Village is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma Village
        • Laguna
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Paguate
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Bibo ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Bibo is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibo
        • Cebolletita
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Cebolletita is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolletita
        • Moquino ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Moquino is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquino
        • Seboyeta
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Grants
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Grants is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
          • Former name for Grants:
          • Grants Station
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <3>
        • Marmon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Marmon is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
        • Mesita
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Casa Fria
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Casa Fria is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Fria
        • Romero Place
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Romero Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero Place
        • San Rafael
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
        • El Rito
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • El Rito is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rito
        • Laguna Pueblo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Laguna Pueblo is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna Pueblo
        • San Mateo
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • San Mateo is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Mateo
        • Milan
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Toltec
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Toltec is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
        • Crane Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Crane Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Place
        • Piedra Lumbre ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Piedra Lumbre is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra Lumbre
        • McCord Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • McCord Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Place
        • Orchard Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Orchard Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
        • Bluewater
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Bluewater is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
        • Paxton Springs ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Paxton Springs is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Springs
        • Hughes Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Hughes Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Place
        • Aragon
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Aragon is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
  • Bernalillo County
  • McKinley County
  • Sandoval County
  • Valencia 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alaska) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.