Nearest Communities to Hermosa,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hermosa, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hermosa:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Hermosa is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Sierra County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hermosa. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Sierra 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 Hermosa (which is Sierra 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 Hermosa
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sierra County (where Hermosa resides)
- County Website: https://www.sierraco.org/
- County Seat for Sierra: Truth or Consequences
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hermosa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hermosa.
- Murphy Place
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Murphy Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
- Chise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chise is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chise
- Francisco Rascon Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chloride ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Chloride is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Winston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Winston is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Garcia Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Garcia Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Kingston ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Kingston is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
- Franks Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Franks Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Place
- Grafton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grafton is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Hillsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Santana Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Santana Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santana Place
- Rouse Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Rouse Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse Place
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Jewkes Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
- Kline Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kline Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline Place
- Chaves Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
- Cuchillo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Placitas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Placitas is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Monticello is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Las Palomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Las Palomas is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
- Williamsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- La Petra
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Petra is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petra
- Truth or Consequences
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Caballo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Oasis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oasis is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Elephant Butte
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Elephant Butte Estates
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs Landing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
- Rock Canyon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Grant County
- County Website: https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Silver City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hermosa ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Hermosa.
- Bloodgood Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bloodgood Place is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodgood Place
- Mimbres
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- San Lorenzo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- San Lorenzo is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
- Gila Hot Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Gila Hot Springs is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Hot Springs
- San Juan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- San Juan is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
- Sherman ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sherman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
- Fierro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fierro is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fierro
- Masons Mill ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Masons Mill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mill
- Redstone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Redstone is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
- Union Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Union Hill is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
- Socorro County
- County Website: https://www.socorrocounty.net/
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Hermosa ...
- Cherryville ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Cherryville is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Hermosa) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Hermosa, 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. |
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