Nearest Communities to Colfax,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Colfax, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Colfax:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 starting from Colfax.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Colfax 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 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Colfax. Of these communities, 1 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 Colfax (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 Colfax
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Colfax County (where Colfax resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colfax ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Colfax.
- Capitan Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Dawson ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Dawson is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lauretta is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauretta
- McDaniel Cimarron Place
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Koehler ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Koehler is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koehler
- Cimarron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Six Mile Gate
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Six Mile Gate is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Gate
- Schomberg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Schomberg is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- French
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- French is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Urraca Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Urraca Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urraca Place
- Van Houten ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Van Houten is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Houten
- Continue List (28 more) ...
- Toril
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Toril is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toril
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hebron is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Miami
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Springer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rayado
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rayado is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayado
- Sunny Side
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Sunny Side is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Tinaja
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Tinaja is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Ute Park
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Valdez Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Valdez Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez Place
- Taylor Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Springs is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Springs
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Sweetwater is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Dillon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dillon is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Gardiner ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- Casa Grande
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- Ring Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ring Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
- Raton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- McCrystal Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
- Colmor ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Colmor is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmor
- Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Deep Tunnel is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Brilliant is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Shuree
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shuree is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
- Perryville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Perryville is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Virginia City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Virginia City is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Keota
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Keota is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Eagle Nest
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carisbrook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Moreno ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Moreno is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno
- Mora County
- County Website: https://countyofmora.com/
- County Seat for Mora: Mora
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Colfax ...
- Nolan ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Nolan is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
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 from Point A (ie- Colfax) 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 Colfax, 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. |
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