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Nearest Communities to Bayard,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

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.


Bayard is located in Grant County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Greenlee (AZ), Catron, Hidalgo, Luna & Sierra.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bayard. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Bayard (which is Grant 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 Bayard

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

  • Grant County   (where Bayard resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Silver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bayard   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bayard.
      • Cobre
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Cobre is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
      • Hanover Junction
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Hanover Junction is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
      • Vanadium
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Vanadium is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
      • Central
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Central is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Santa Clara
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Santa Clara is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
      • Fort Bayard
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ivanhoe was located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • North Hurley
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • North Hurley is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hurley
      • Arenas Valley
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Arenas Valley is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
      • Hanover
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Hanover is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Turnerville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Turnerville is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
      • Wimsattville
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Wimsattville is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsattville
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        • Hurley
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
          • Hurley is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <3>
        • Newton ‑ Historic
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Newton was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
        • Santa Rita ‑ Historic
          (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
          • Santa Rita was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
        • Fierro
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Fierro is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fierro
        • Union Hill
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Union Hill is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
        • Silver Acres
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Silver Acres is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Acres
        • Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Pinos Altos was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
        • Silver City
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Little Walnut Village
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Little Walnut Village is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
        • Big Mill
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Big Mill is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mill
        • Tyrone ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
          • Tyrone was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
        • Mimbres
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • San Lorenzo ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • San Lorenzo was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
        • Masons Mill ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Masons Mill was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mill
        • Redstone
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Redstone is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
        • Whitewater
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Whitewater is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
        • San Juan
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • San Juan is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
        • Sherman ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Sherman was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
        • Faywood ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Faywood was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
        • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Oak Grove was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • Dwyer ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Dwyer was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer
        • White Signal
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • White Signal is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Signal
        • Bloodgood Place
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
          • Bloodgood Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodgood Place
        • Alhambra ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Alhambra was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
        • Black Hawk ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Black Hawk was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
        • Mangas Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Mangas Springs is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangas Springs
        • Rastus Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Rastus Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rastus Place
        • Edgal Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Edgal Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgal Place
        • Malone ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Malone was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone
        • Telegraph ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Telegraph was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telegraph
        • Gila
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Riverside
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Riverside is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
        • Gila Hot Springs
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Gila Hot Springs is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Hot Springs
  • Luna County
  • San Miguel County
  • Sierra County

Footnotes ...

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