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Nearest Communities to Big Horn,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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 east 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 starting from Big Horn.<1>

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

Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Big Horn. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Rio Arriba 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 Big Horn (which is Rio Arriba 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 Big Horn

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Big Horn resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Big Horn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Big Horn.
      • San Miguel
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
        • San Miguel is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • Sublette
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
      • Lava ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
        • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
      • Toltec
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
        • Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
      • Los Pinos
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Los Pinos is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Pinos
      • San Antonio ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • San Antonio is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Lobato ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
      • Crowther Cow Camp
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Crowther Cow Camp is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowther Cow Camp
      • Chama
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <3>
      • Brazos
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
      • Ensenada
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Ensenada is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
      • Willow Creek
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Los Ojos
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
        • La Puente ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • La Puente is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puente
        • Rutheron
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
  • Taos County
  • Alamosa County
  • Archuleta County
  • Conejos County
    • County Website:   https://conejoscounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Conejos:   Conejos (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Big Horn   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Big Horn.
      • Canon
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Canon is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon
      • Fox Creek
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Fox Creek is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Creek
      • Las Mesitas
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Las Mesitas is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Mesitas
      • Mogote
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Mogote is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
      • Ortiz
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Ortiz is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
      • San Antonio
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • San Antonio is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Paisaje
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Paisaje is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisaje
      • Osier
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Osier is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
      • Antonito
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Conejos
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Guadalupe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Guadalupe is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
      • Lobatos
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Lobatos is located in Conejos County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobatos
      • Continue List   (13 more) ...
        • Cumbres
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
        • Espinosa
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Espinosa is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espinosa
        • Romeo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Romeo is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 417 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Romeo <3>
        • Los Cerritos
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
        • Manassa
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
          • Manassa is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manassa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manassa <3>
        • Capulin
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Centro
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Centro is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centro
        • Bountiful
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Bountiful is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bountiful
        • La Jara
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • La Jara is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Jara
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 805 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Jara <3>
        • Richfield
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Richfield is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richfield
        • Sanford
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Sanford is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanford
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 900 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sanford <3>
        • Morgan
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Morgan is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
        • Lasauses
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • Lasauses is located in Conejos County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
  • Costilla 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Big Horn) 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.