Nearest Communities to Farmington,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Farmington, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Farmington:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city 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 from Farmington.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Farmington is located in San Juan County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Archuleta (CO), La Plata (CO), Montezuma (CO), McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & San Juan (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Farmington. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than San Juan 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 Farmington (which is San Juan 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 Farmington
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Juan County (where Farmington resides)
- County Website: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Nearest Communities to Farmington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farmington.
- Napi HQ
(5 miles [8 km] to the south) - Upper Fruitland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fruitland
- Upper Fruitland is located in San Juan County
- Flora Vista
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora Vista
- Flora Vista is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flora Vista <5>
- Kirtland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirtland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland
- Kirtland is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirtland <5>
- Lee Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east) - Ojo Amarillo
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ojo Amarillo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojo Amarillo
- Ojo Amarillo is located in San Juan County
- Spencerville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencerville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
- Spencerville is located in San Juan County
- Fruitland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitland
- Fruitland is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruitland <5>
- Laplata PO
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laplata PO have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata PO
- Laplata PO is located in San Juan County
- Nenahnezad
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nenahnezad have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nenahnezad
- Nenahnezad is located in San Juan County
- Bloomfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Bloomfield is located in San Juan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,643 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomfield <5>
- La Plata
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- La Plata is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <5>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Aztec
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
- Aztec is located in San Juan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,332 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aztec <5>
- Cottonwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
- Cottonwood is located in San Juan County
- Huerfano
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Inca
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast) - Blanco
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanco
- Blanco is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blanco <5>
- Cedar Hill
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
- Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County
- Alcatraz ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Turley
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
- Turley is located in San Juan County
- Fivemile Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fivemile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
- Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County
- Riverside
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast) - Shiprock
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiprock
- Shiprock is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shiprock <5>
- Archuleta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Aztec
- La Plata County
- County Website: www.co.laplata.co.us/
- County Seat for La Plata: Durango (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- La Plata County
- Nearest Communities to Farmington ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Farmington.
- Redmesa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Marvel
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marvel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
- Marvel is located in La Plata County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marvel <5>
- Kline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Bondad
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
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- Farmington) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Farmington. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7340, Longitude: -108.2052 |
| <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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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. |