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Nearest Communities to Amalia,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Amalia.<1>

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

Amalia is located in Taos County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taos County: Conejos (CO), Costilla (CO), Colfax, Mora & Rio Arriba.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 61 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Amalia. Of these communities, 36 are located in counties other than Taos 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 Amalia (which is Taos 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 Amalia

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

  • Taos County   (where Amalia resides)
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amalia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amalia.
      • Banning Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Banning Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning Place
      • Shuree
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Shuree is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
      • McCrystal Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
      • Hematite ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Hematite is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
      • Ring Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ring Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
      • Moreno ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Moreno is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno
      • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Elizabethtown is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Deep Tunnel is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
      • Casa Grande
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
      • Val Verde Ski Area
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Val Verde Ski Area is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Ski Area
      • Virginia City ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Virginia City is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
      • Idlewild
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Eagle Nest
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Perryville ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Perryville is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
  • Conejos County
    • County Website:   https://conejoscounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Conejos:   Conejos (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amalia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amalia.
      • Lasauses
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Lasauses is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
      • Los Cerritos
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
      • Lobatos
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Lobatos is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobatos
      • Espinosa
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Espinosa is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espinosa
  • Costilla County
    • County Website:   https://www.costillacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Costilla:   San Luis (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Amalia   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Amalia.
      • Garcia
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jaroso
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • La Valley
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • La Valley is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valley
      • Eastdale
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Eastdale is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastdale
      • Los Fuertes
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Los Fuertes is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Fuertes
      • Mesita
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Mesita is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesita
      • San Pablo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Chama
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • San Pedro
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • San Pedro is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Luis
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sangre de Cristo Grant
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Sangre de Cristo Grant is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangre de Cristo Grant
      • Viejo San Acacio
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Viejo San Acacio is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viejo San Acacio
      • San Acacio
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Las Animas County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Amalia) 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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