Nearest Communities to Alcatraz,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alcatraz, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alcatraz:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Alcatraz.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Alcatraz is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day San Juan County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Archuleta (CO), La Plata (CO), Montezuma (CO), McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & San Juan (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alcatraz. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than San Juan 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 Alcatraz (which is San Juan 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 Alcatraz
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Juan County (where Alcatraz resides)
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alcatraz ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alcatraz.
- Turley
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Turley is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Archuleta
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Archuleta is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
- Fivemile Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
- Blanco
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Navajo Dam
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Lucero Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Lucero Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
- Inca
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Inca is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
- Aztec
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Lee Acres
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lee Acres is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Acres
- Riverside
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riverside is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
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- Christopher Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Christopher Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
- Garcia Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Garcia Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Mullen Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mullen Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
- Spencerville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Spencerville is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Ulibarri Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
- Flora Vista
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mackey Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mackey Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
- Self Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Self Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
- Young Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Young Place is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
- Huerfano
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Huerfano is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huerfano
- Farmington
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Laplata
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Laplata is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata
- La Plata
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Napi HQ
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Napi HQ is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napi HQ
- Rio Arriba County
- County Website: https://www.rio-arriba.org/
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alcatraz ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alcatraz.
- Navajo City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Navajo City is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo City
- Rosa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Vaqueros ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
- Archuleta County
- La Plata County
- County Website: https://www.lpcgov.org/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alcatraz ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alcatraz.
- La Boca
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- La Boca is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
- Bondad
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Bondad is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondad
- Tiffany
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tiffany is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Allison
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Allison is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Ignacio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- La Posta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- La Posta is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Posta
- Oxford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Oxford is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alcatraz) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Alcatraz, 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. |
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