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Nearest Communities to Chico,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Chico.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Chico is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Colfax County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Costilla (CO), Las Animas (CO), Harding, Mora, Taos & Union.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Chico. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Colfax County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Chico (which is Colfax 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 Chico

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

  • Colfax County   (where Chico resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Chico   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Chico.
      • Palo Blanco ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Palo Blanco was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Blanco
      • Tafoya ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Tafoya was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tafoya
      • Kiowa ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Kiowa was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
      • Farley ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Farley was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farley
      • Abbott
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Abbott is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbott
      • Tinaja
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Tinaja is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
      • Schomberg
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Schomberg is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
      • Taylor Springs ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Taylor Springs was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Springs
      • Maxwell
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • French
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • French is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
      • Toril
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Toril is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toril
      • Hebron
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Hebron is also located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Springer
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Dillon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Dillon is also located in Colfax County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
        • Koehler ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Koehler was located in Colfax County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koehler
        • Van Houten ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Van Houten was located in Colfax County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Houten
  • Harding County
  • Union 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chico) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Chico, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.