Nearest Communities to Dawson,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dawson, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dawson:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Dawson 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 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dawson. Of these communities, 4 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 Dawson (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 Dawson
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Colfax County (where Dawson resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dawson.
- Capitan Hill
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Colfax ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Colfax is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Koehler ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Koehler is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koehler
- Six Mile Gate
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Six Mile Gate is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Gate
- Cimarron
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Van Houten ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Van Houten is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Houten
- McDaniel Cimarron Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Schomberg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Schomberg is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Maxwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hebron is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Urraca Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Urraca Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urraca Place
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- French
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- French is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Casa Grande
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- Ute Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Ring Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ring Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
- Tinaja
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Tinaja is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Miami
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sunny Side
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sunny Side is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Toril
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Toril is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toril
- Dillon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Dillon is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Gardiner ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- McCrystal Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
- Rayado
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Rayado is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayado
- Springer
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Deep Tunnel is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Raton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Shuree
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Shuree is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
- Keota
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Keota is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Banning Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Banning Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning Place
- Perryville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Perryville is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Virginia City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Virginia City is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Sweetwater ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Sweetwater is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweetwater
- Valdez Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Valdez Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez Place
- Eagle Nest
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carisbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Taylor Springs ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Taylor Springs is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Springs
- Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Elizabethtown is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
- Moreno ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Moreno is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarite is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
- Idlewild
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Taos County
- County Website: https://www.taoscounty.org/
- County Seat for Taos: Taos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dawson ...
- La Belle ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- La Belle is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dawson ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dawson.
- Wootton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wootton is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
- Morley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Morley is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Tercio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tercio is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tercio
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- Dawson) 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 Dawson, 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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