Nearest Communities to Folsom,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Folsom, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Folsom:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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.
Folsom is located in 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 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Folsom. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Union 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 Folsom (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 Folsom
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where Folsom 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 Folsom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Folsom.
- Madison ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast) - Des Moines
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <4>
- Capulin
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
- Capulin is located in Union County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <4>
- Emery Gap ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Grande
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast) - Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Willow Springs is located in Union County
- Corrumpa ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Grenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenville
- Grenville is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenville <4>
- Guy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Sofia
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- 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 Folsom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Folsom.
- Kiowa ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Yankee ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Palo Blanco ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Palo Blanco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Blanco
- Palo Blanco is located in Colfax County
- Carisbrook
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carisbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Tafoya ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Chico ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Tinaja
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest) - Dillon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Raton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
- Raton is located in Colfax County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raton <4>
- 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 Folsom ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Folsom.
- Branson
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- 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 <4>
- Trinchera
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinchera
- Trinchera is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinchera <4>
- Lone Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Abeyta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest) - Walts Corner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walts Corner have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Barela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Tobe
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Patterson Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Patterson Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County (CO)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Folsom) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Folsom. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.8483, Longitude: -103.9186 In this case, the coordinates for Folsom have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |