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Nearest Communities to Huerfano,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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 starting from Huerfano.<1>

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

Huerfano 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 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Huerfano. Of these communities, 1 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 Huerfano (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 Huerfano

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

  • San Juan County   (where Huerfano resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Huerfano   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Huerfano.
      • Lee Acres
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lee Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Acres
        • Lee Acres is located in San Juan County
      • Napi HQ
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Napi HQ. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napi HQ
        • Napi HQ is located in San Juan County
      • Bloomfield
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Blanco
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Farmington
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Flora Vista
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flora Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
      • Fivemile Crossing
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fivemile Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivemile Crossing
        • Fivemile Crossing is located in San Juan County
      • Aztec
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • 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>
      • Spencerville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencerville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerville
        • Spencerville is located in San Juan County
      • Upper Fruitland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fruitland
        • Upper Fruitland is located in San Juan County
      • Alcatraz ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcatraz have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcatraz
        • Alcatraz is located in San Juan County
      • Turley
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
        • Turley is located in San Juan County
      • Continue List   (14 more) ...
        • Ojo Amarillo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ojo Amarillo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojo Amarillo
          • Ojo Amarillo is located in San Juan County
        • Kirtland
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirtland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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>
        • Fruitland
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Nageezi
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nageezi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nageezi
          • Nageezi is located in San Juan County
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nageezi <5>
        • Inca
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inca have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inca
          • Inca is located in San Juan County
        • Archuleta
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Archuleta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archuleta
          • Archuleta is located in San Juan County
        • Nenahnezad
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nenahnezad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nenahnezad
          • Nenahnezad is located in San Juan County
        • Kimbeto
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kimbeto have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimbeto
          • Kimbeto is located in San Juan County
        • Laplata PO
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laplata PO have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata PO
          • Laplata PO is located in San Juan County
        • Tsaya
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tsaya have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tsaya
          • Tsaya is located in San Juan County
        • Cedar Hill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
          • Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County
        • La Plata
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Navajo Dam
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Lake Valley
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
          • Lake Valley is located in San Juan County
  • Rio Arriba County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Huerfano) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Huerfano. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.5270, Longitude: -108.0315       In this case, the coordinates for Huerfano 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>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.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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