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Nearest Communities to Costilla,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

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

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

Costilla is located in Taos County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taos County: Conejos (CO), Costilla (CO), Colfax, Mora & Rio Arriba.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 65 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Costilla. Of these communities, 41 are located in counties other than Taos 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 Costilla (which is Taos 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 Costilla

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

  • Taos County   (where Costilla resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taoscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Taos:   Taos
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Costilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Costilla.
      • Amalia
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Ventero
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Sunshine
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunshine is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • Sunshine Valley
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunshine Valley is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
      • El Rito
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • El Rito is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rito
      • Buena Vista
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
      • Cerro
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Midnight ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Midnight is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
      • Questa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Anchor ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Anchor is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
      • Moly
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Moly is located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moly
      • Red River
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (12 more) ...
        • La Belle ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • La Belle is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
        • McGreggor Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • McGreggor Place is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGreggor Place
        • Lama
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • San Cristobal
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Twining ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Twining is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
        • Kiowa Village
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Kiowa Village is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa Village
        • Lobo ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Lobo is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
        • Taos Ski Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Antoine Leroux
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Antoine Leroux is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine Leroux
        • No Agua
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • No Agua is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua
        • Canoncito
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Canoncito is located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
        • Valdez
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Costilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Costilla.
      • Banning Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Banning Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning Place
      • Shuree
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Shuree is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
      • Hematite ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Hematite is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
      • McCrystal Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
      • Moreno ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Moreno is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno
      • Ring Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ring Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
      • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Elizabethtown is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Deep Tunnel is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
  • Rio Arriba County
  • Conejos County
  • Costilla County
    • County Website:   https://www.costillacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Costilla:   San Luis (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Costilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Costilla.
      • Garcia
        (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • Jaroso
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Eastdale
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Eastdale is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastdale
      • Mesita
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Mesita is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesita
      • La Valley
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • La Valley is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Valley
      • Los Fuertes
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Los Fuertes is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Fuertes
      • San Pablo
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • San Pedro
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • San Pedro is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • Viejo San Acacio
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Viejo San Acacio is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viejo San Acacio
      • Chama
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • San Acacio
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • San Luis
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Sangre de Cristo Grant
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Sangre de Cristo Grant is located in Costilla County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sangre de Cristo Grant
  • Las Animas County
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Costilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Costilla.
      • Torres
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Torres is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
      • Tercio
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Tercio is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tercio
      • Stonewall Gap
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
      • Stonewall
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Stonewall is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall

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- Costilla) 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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