Nearest Communities to Duran,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Duran, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Duran:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Duran is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Torrance County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Torrance County: Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro & Valencia.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 21 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Duran. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Torrance 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 Duran (which is Torrance 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 Duran
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Torrance County (where Duran resides)
- County Website: www.torrancecountynm.org/
- County Seat for Torrance: Estancia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- Nearest Communities to Duran ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Duran.
- Carnero
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Torrance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Encino
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encino
- Encino is located in Torrance County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encino <5>
- Varney
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Negra
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest) - Pedernal
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Cedarvale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarvale
- Cedarvale is located in Torrance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedarvale <5>
- Dummoor
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Derramadero
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derramadero have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derramadero
- Derramadero is located in Torrance County
- Culebra
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Progresso
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west) - North Lucy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lucy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lucy
- North Lucy is located in Torrance County
- Lucy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Guadalupe County
- County Seat for Guadalupe: Santa Rosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Nearest Communities to Duran ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Duran.
- Tejon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast) - Vaughn
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaughn
- Vaughn is located in Guadalupe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 395 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vaughn <5>
- Tony
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Joffre
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Leoncito
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln County
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- Nearest Communities to Duran ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Duran.
- Corona
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
- Corona is located in Lincoln County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corona <5>
- Lon ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Gallinas
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
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- Duran) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Duran. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4673, Longitude: -105.3969 In this case, the coordinates for Duran 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 Duran, 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |