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Nearest Communities to Cuchillo,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Cuchillo.<1>

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

Cuchillo is located in Sierra County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Cuchillo. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Sierra 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 Cuchillo (which is Sierra 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 Cuchillo

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

  • Sierra County   (where Cuchillo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.sierraco.org/
    • County Seat for Sierra:   Truth or Consequences
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Cuchillo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Cuchillo.
      • Hot Springs Landing
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
      • Rock Canyon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Elephant Butte
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Garcia Place
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Garcia Place is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Elephant Butte Estates
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Truth or Consequences
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Williamsburg
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Placitas
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Placitas is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
      • Monticello ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Monticello is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
      • Las Palomas
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Chise
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Chise is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chise
      • La Petra
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • La Petra is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petra
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Chaves Place
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
        • Jewkes Place
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
        • Winston
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Winston is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
        • Caballo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Engle ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Chloride ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Crocker
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Crocker is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
        • Jornada ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Jornada is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jornada
        • Rouse Place
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Rouse Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse Place
        • Oasis
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • Oasis is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
        • Francisco Rascon Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cutter ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Hermosa ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Hermosa is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
        • Hillsboro
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Grafton ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Grafton is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
        • Arrey
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Franks Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Franks Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Place
        • Santana Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Santana Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santana Place
        • Murphy Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Murphy Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
        • Kingston ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kingston is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
  • Socorro County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cuchillo) 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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