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Nearest Communities to Chamizal,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Chamizal is located in Socorro County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Chamizal. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Socorro 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 Chamizal (which is Socorro 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 Chamizal

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

  • Socorro County   (where Chamizal resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.socorrocounty.net/
    • County Seat for Socorro:   Socorro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chamizal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chamizal.
      • McNierney
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • McNierney is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNierney
      • Polvadera
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Alamillo
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Alamillo is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamillo
      • San Acacia
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • La Joyita ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • La Joyita is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joyita
      • Lemitar
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Limitar
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • Limitar is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limitar
      • Pueblito
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Pueblito is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblito
      • San Geronimo
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
        • San Geronimo is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
      • Escondida ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Escondida is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida
      • Florida
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Florida is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
      • La Joya
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • La Joya is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joya
      • Continue List   (27 more) ...
        • Red Mill
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Red Mill is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
        • Gibbs Place
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Gibbs Place is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Place
        • Socorro
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Tajo ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
          • Tajo is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tajo
        • Tomasino Mill
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
          • Tomasino Mill is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomasino Mill
        • San Francisco
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
          • San Francisco is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
        • Canyon Mill
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
          • Canyon Mill is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Mill
        • Bernardo
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • Bernardo is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardo
        • Luis Lopez
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Luis Lopez is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luis Lopez
        • Bosquecito
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Bosquecito is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
        • Abeytas
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Abeytas is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeytas
        • Laborcita
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Laborcita is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborcita
        • Contreras
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Contreras is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contreras
        • Las Nutrias
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Las Nutrias is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
        • Kelly ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Kelly is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
        • Magdalena
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Sabinal
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Sabinal is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabinal
        • San Antonio
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • San Antonio is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
        • Riley
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Riley is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
        • San Pedro ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • San Pedro is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
        • Veguita
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • San Antonito
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Kinney Wells
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Kinney Wells is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
        • Old Carthage
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Carthage is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
        • Tokay ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Tokay is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
        • Carthage ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Carthage is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
        • Mill Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Mill Place is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
  • Valencia County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valencia.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Valencia:   Los Lunas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chamizal   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chamizal.
      • Bosque
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Becker
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Becker is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Becker
      • Casa Colorada
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Casa Colorada is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Colorada
      • Bodega
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Bodega is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bodega
      • Madrone
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Madrone is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrone
      • Jarales
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Pueblitos
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Pueblitos is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblitos
      • Bacaville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Bacaville is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacaville
      • Los Trujillos
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Los Trujillos is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Trujillos

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- Chamizal) 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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