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Nearest Communities to Copperton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.


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

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cibola County: Apache (AZ), Bernalillo, Catron, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro & Valencia.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Copperton. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Cibola 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 Copperton (which is Cibola 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 Copperton

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

  • Cibola County   (where Copperton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
    • County Seat for Cibola:   Grants
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Copperton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Copperton.
      • Diener ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Diener is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diener
      • Aragon
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Aragon is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
      • Sawyer
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Sawyer is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
      • Tinaja
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Tinaja is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
      • Paxton Springs ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Paxton Springs is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Springs
      • Sand Corner
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
      • Bluewater
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Bluewater is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
      • Milan
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Toltec
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Toltec is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
      • El Morro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • El Morro is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Morro
      • San Rafael
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
      • Grants
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Grants is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
        • Former name for Grants:
        • Grants Station
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <4>
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Boon Place
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Boon Place is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon Place
        • Pinehill
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Anzac
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Anzac is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
        • McCartys
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • McCartys is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartys
        • Acomita Lake
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Acomita Lake is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
  • McKinley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
    • County Seat for McKinley:   Gallup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Copperton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Copperton.
      • North Chaves
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • North Chaves is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chaves
      • Prewitt
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • South Chaves
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • South Chaves is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chaves
      • Sanchez Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Sanchez Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanchez Place
      • Thoreau
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Grubisich Place
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Grubisich Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubisich Place
      • Ramah
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Page
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Page is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
      • Continental Divide
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Gonzales
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gonzales is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzales
      • Navarre Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Navarre Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Place
      • Basgal Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Basgal Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basgal Place
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • Merrill Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Merrill Place is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Place
        • Coolidge ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Coolidge is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
        • Polich Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Polich Place is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polich Place
        • Pescado
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Pescado is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescado
        • McGaffey ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • McGaffey is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGaffey
        • Lower Nutria
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Lower Nutria is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Nutria
        • Upper Nutria
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Upper Nutria is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nutria
        • Smith Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Ambrosia Lake
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Ambrosia Lake is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrosia Lake
        • North Guam
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • North Guam is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guam
        • South Guam
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • South Guam is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Guam
        • Ciniza
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Ciniza is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ciniza

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- Copperton) 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 Copperton, 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.