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Nearest Communities to Claunch,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Claunch.<1>

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


Claunch 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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Claunch. Of these communities, 23 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 Claunch (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 Claunch

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

  • Socorro County   (where Claunch resides)
    • County Seat for Socorro:   Socorro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Claunch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Claunch.
      • Adobe Ranch
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adobe Ranch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adobe Ranch
        • Adobe Ranch is located in Socorro County
      • Bingham
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bingham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
        • Bingham is located in Socorro County
      • Coane ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Coane. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coane
        • Coane is located in Socorro County
        • Google driving directions:
        • From your current location to Coane
        • From Claunch to Coane
  • Lincoln County
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Claunch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Claunch.
      • Cooper
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cooper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Cooper is located in Lincoln County
      • Gallinas
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallinas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallinas
        • Gallinas is located in Lincoln County
      • Ancho ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ancho have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancho
        • Ancho is located in Lincoln County
      • Largo
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Largo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
        • Largo is located in Lincoln County
      • Luna
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
        • Luna is located in Lincoln County
      • Tecolote
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tecolote have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
        • Tecolote is located in Lincoln County
      • Corona
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
        • Corona is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corona <5>
      • Coyote
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
        • Coyote is located in Lincoln County
      • Lovelace
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovelace have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
        • Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
      • Jicarilla ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jicarilla have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jicarilla
        • Jicarilla is located in Lincoln County
      • Ramsdale Place
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramsdale Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdale Place
        • Ramsdale Place is located in Lincoln County
      • Robsart
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robsart have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robsart
        • Robsart is located in Lincoln County
  • Torrance County
    • County Website:   www.torrancecountynm.org/
    • County Seat for Torrance:   Estancia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Claunch   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Claunch.
      • Gran Quivira
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gran Quivira have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gran Quivira
        • Gran Quivira is located in Torrance County
      • Chupadera
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chupadera have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadera
        • Chupadera is located in Torrance County
      • Cedarvale
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Progresso
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progresso have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progresso
        • Progresso is located in Torrance County
      • Roundtop ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roundtop have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundtop
        • Roundtop is located in Torrance County
      • Varney
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney
        • Varney is located in Torrance County
      • Broncho
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Broncho have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broncho
        • Broncho is located in Torrance County
      • Torrance
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Torrance have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrance
        • Torrance is located in Torrance County
      • Mountainair
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Silio
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silio
        • Silio is located in Torrance County
      • Abo ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)

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- Claunch) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Claunch. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1432, Longitude: -105.9943    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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