Nearest Communities to Craig,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Craig, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Craig:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Craig.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Craig is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day 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 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Craig. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than Socorro 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 Craig (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 Craig
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Socorro County (where Craig resides)
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- Nearest Communities to Craig ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Craig.
- San Marcial ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Marcial have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
- San Marcial is located in Socorro County
- Paraje ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hard Luck Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard Luck Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck Crossing
- Hard Luck Crossing is located in Socorro County
- Tiffany
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Lava
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - San Antonito
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
- San Antonito is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <5>
- San Antonio
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- San Antonio is located in Socorro County
- San Pedro ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Kinney Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinney Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
- Kinney Wells is located in Socorro County
- Tokay ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Laborcita
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Old Carthage
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
- Old Carthage is located in Socorro County
- Continue List (7 more) ...
- Mill Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
- Mill Place is located in Socorro County
- Bosquecito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bosquecito have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
- Bosquecito is located in Socorro County
- Luis Lopez
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luis Lopez have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luis Lopez
- Luis Lopez is located in Socorro County
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Carthage ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Tajo ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Socorro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socorro
- Socorro is located in Socorro County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,315 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Socorro <5>
- Mill Place
- Colfax County
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Nearest Communities to Craig ...
- Sierra County
- County Seat for Sierra: Truth or Consequences
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Nearest Communities to Craig ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Craig.
- Crocker
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - La Petra
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Placitas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Rock Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Sierra 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- Craig) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Craig. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.6356, Longitude: -107.0148 In this case, the coordinates for Craig have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Craig, 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> | 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. |
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