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Nearest Communities to Gallup,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Gallup, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Gallup:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast 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 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 from Gallup.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Gallup is located in McKinley County and is the County Seat.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 67 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Gallup. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than McKinley 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 Gallup (which is McKinley 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 Gallup

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • McKinley County   (where Gallup resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
    • County Seat for McKinley:   Gallup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Gallup   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Gallup.
      • Gibson ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Gibson was located in McKinley County
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      • Allison ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Allison was located in McKinley County
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      • Heaton ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Heaton was located in McKinley County
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      • Weaver ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Weaver was located in McKinley County
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      • Gamerco ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Gamerco was located in McKinley County
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      • Rehoboth
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Red Rock
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Zuni
        (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Mentmore ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Mentmore was located in McKinley County
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      • Twin Buttes
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Twin Buttes is also located in McKinley County
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      • Church Rock
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Yah-ta-hey
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Yah-ta-hey is also located in McKinley County
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        • Rock Springs
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sundance
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Sundance is also located in McKinley County
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        • McCune
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • McCune is also located in McKinley County
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        • Navajo Wingate Village
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • Navajo Wingate Village is also located in McKinley County
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        • Bread Springs
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Defiance
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Fort Wingate
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Wingate
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
          • Wingate is also located in McKinley County
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        • Perea ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Perea was located in McKinley County
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        • Twin Lakes
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
          • Twin Lakes is also located in McKinley County
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        • Pinehaven
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
          • Pinehaven is also located in McKinley County
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        • Iyanbito
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
          • Iyanbito is also located in McKinley County
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        • Manuelito
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Manuelito is also located in McKinley County
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        • McGaffey ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • McGaffey was located in McKinley County
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        • Pinedale
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
          • Pinedale is also located in McKinley County
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        • Brimhall Nizhoni
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Brimhall Nizhoni is also located in McKinley County
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        • Vanderwagen
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Ciniza
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
          • Ciniza is also located in McKinley County
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        • Coyote Canyon
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Coyote Canyon is also located in McKinley County
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        • Mexican Springs
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Basgal Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Basgal Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • Polich Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Polich Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • Tse Bonito
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Tse Bonito is also located in McKinley County
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        • Merrill Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Merrill Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • North Guam
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • North Guam is also located in McKinley County
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        • South Guam
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • South Guam is also located in McKinley County
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        • Lower Nutria
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Lower Nutria is also located in McKinley County
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        • Upper Nutria
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Upper Nutria is also located in McKinley County
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        • Coolidge ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Coolidge was located in McKinley County
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        • Navarre Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Navarre Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • Chi Chil Tah
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Chi Chil Tah is also located in McKinley County
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        • Tohatchi
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Grubisich Place
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Grubisich Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • Page
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Page is also located in McKinley County
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        • Mariano Lake
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Mariano Lake is also located in McKinley County
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        • Gonzales
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Gonzales is also located in McKinley County
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        • Sanchez Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Sanchez Place is also located in McKinley County
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        • Continental Divide
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Buffalo Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Buffalo Springs is also located in McKinley County
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        • Standing Rock
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Standing Rock is also located in McKinley County
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        • Thoreau
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Navajo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Black Rock
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Black Rock is also located in McKinley County
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        • Pescado
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Pescado is also located in McKinley County
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        • Ramah
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cibola County
  • San Juan County
  • Apache County

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- Gallup) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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