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Nearest Communities to Capulin,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Capulin.<1>

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


Capulin 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Capulin. Of these communities, 18 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 Capulin (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 Capulin

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Capulin resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capulin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capulin.
      • Gallina
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Santa Teresa
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Santa Teresa is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Teresa
      • Arroyo del Agua
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Arroyo del Agua is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo del Agua
      • Llaves
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Llaves is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
      • Coyote
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Rio Puerco
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Rio Puerco is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Puerco
      • Youngsville
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Youngsville is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
      • Jarosa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Jarosa is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarosa
      • Lindrith
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • El Monte Rojo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • El Monte Rojo is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte Rojo
      • Lower Canones
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Lower Canones is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Canones
      • Tapicitoes
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Tapicitoes is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapicitoes
      • Continue List   (18 more) ...
        • Canones
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Wright Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Wright Place is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Place
        • Ojito
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Ojito is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojito
        • Alire ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Alire was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alire
        • Frijoles Spring
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Frijoles Spring is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles Spring
        • Barranca
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Barranca is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barranca
        • El Vado
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • El Vado is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
        • Placitas
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Placitas is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
        • Buena Vista
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Buena Vista is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
        • El Curuco
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • El Curuco is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Curuco
        • Canjilon
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Abiquiu
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • La Careda
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • La Careda is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Careda
        • Cebolla
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Vallecitos Corrales
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Vallecitos Corrales is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallecitos Corrales
        • Recheulos
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Recheulos is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recheulos
        • Plaza Blanca
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
          • Plaza Blanca is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza Blanca
        • Las Nutrias
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Las Nutrias is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
  • Sandoval County
    • County Website:   https://www.sandovalcountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Sandoval:   Bernalillo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capulin   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capulin.
      • Regina
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Upper La Jara
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Upper La Jara is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper La Jara
      • La Jara
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Garrison
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Garrison is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • La Placita
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • La Placita is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Placita
      • Copper City ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Copper City was located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copper City
      • Deer Lake
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Deer Lake is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lake
      • Cuba
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Cuba is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 756 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuba <3>
      • Senorito ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Senorito was located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Senorito
      • Lagunitas
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Lagunitas is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagunitas
      • San Pablo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • San Pablo is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
      • San Miguel
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • San Miguel is located in Sandoval County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Seven Springs
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
        • Sulphur Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Sulphur Springs is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Springs
        • O'Neil Landing
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • O'Neil Landing is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neil Landing
        • Porter
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Porter is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • LaVentana
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • LaVentana is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaVentana
        • Penistaja
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Penistaja is located in Sandoval County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penistaja

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- Capulin) 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.