Nearest Communities to Emery Gap,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Emery Gap, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Emery Gap:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Keep in mind 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 Emery Gap is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Union County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baca (CO), Las Animas (CO), Colfax, Harding, Quay, Cimarron (OK), Dallam (TX) & Hartley (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Emery Gap. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Union 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 Emery Gap (which is Union 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 Emery Gap
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where Emery Gap resides)
- County Seat for Union: Clayton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Union County
- Nearest Communities to Emery Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emery Gap.
- Madison ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south) - Folsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Folsom is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
- Des Moines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
- Des Moines is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Moines <5>
- Capulin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
- Capulin is located in Union County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <5>
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Union County
- Grande
(23 miles [37 km] to the south) - Corrumpa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Guy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- 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 Emery Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emery Gap.
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Kiowa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Carisbrook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carisbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Las Animas County
- County Website: www.tlac.net/county/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Nearest Communities to Emery Gap ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Emery Gap.
- Branson
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
- Branson is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Former name for Branson:
- Wilson's Switch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <5>
- Trinchera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinchera
- Trinchera is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinchera <5>
- Walts Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Lone Oak
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Abeyta
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Tobe
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Barela
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Patterson Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Troy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Villegreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villegreen
- Villegreen is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- San Miguel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County (CO)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Emery Gap) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Emery Gap. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.9961, Longitude: -103.8669 In this case, the coordinates for Emery Gap 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 Emery Gap, 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |