Nearest Communities to Buffalo Springs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Buffalo Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Buffalo Springs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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 Buffalo Springs.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Buffalo Springs. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than McKinley 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 Buffalo Springs (which is McKinley 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 Buffalo Springs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKinley County (where Buffalo Springs resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs.
- Tohatchi
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brimhall Nizhoni
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
- Coyote Canyon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
- Mexican Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
- Mexican Springs has also been known as:
- Nakai Beto
- Nakai Bito
- Nakaibeto
- Nakaibito
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <3>
- Twin Lakes
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Standing Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Standing Rock is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Navajo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Yah-ta-hey
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
- Heaton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Heaton is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Rock Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Gamerco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gamerco is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamerco
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
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- Weaver ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Pinedale
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Pinedale is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinedale
- Navajo Wingate Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Church Rock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Rehoboth
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Zuni
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Gallup
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCune
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- McCune is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune
- Tse Bonito
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tse Bonito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tse Bonito
- Allison ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Allison is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Wingate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Wingate is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Iyanbito
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Iyanbito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iyanbito
- Mentmore ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Mentmore is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentmore
- Perea ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Perea is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perea
- Mariano Lake
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mariano Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano Lake
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs.
- Naschitti
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Naschitti is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
- Sheep Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Crystal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Two Grey Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Two Grey Hills is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Grey Hills
- White Rock ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- White Rock is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
- Newcomb
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Toadlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Toadlena is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadlena
- Shillingburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Shillingburg is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillingburg
- Lake Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lake Valley is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
- Tsaya
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Tsaya is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tsaya
- Apache County
- County Website: https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Apache: Saint Johns (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Buffalo Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Buffalo Springs.
- Fort Defiance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Milkwater
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Milkwater is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milkwater
- Bonita Trading Post
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bonita Trading Post is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Trading Post
- Window Rock
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Sawmill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sawmill is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
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 from Point A (ie- Buffalo Springs) 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. |