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Nearest Communities to Kelly,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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 Kelly is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Socorro County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.

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

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

  • Socorro County   (where Kelly resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.socorrocounty.net/
    • County Seat for Socorro:   Socorro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Kelly   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Kelly.
      • Magdalena
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mill Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Mill Place is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
      • Escondida ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Escondida is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida
      • Florida
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Florida is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
      • Lemitar
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Limitar
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Pueblito
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Pueblito is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblito
      • Socorro
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • McNierney
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • McNierney is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNierney
      • Polvadera
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Monica ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Monica is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monica
      • Luis Lopez
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Luis Lopez is located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luis Lopez
      • Continue List   (27 more) ...
        • Chamizal
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Chamizal is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamizal
        • Tajo ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Tajo is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tajo
        • Riley
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Riley is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
        • Alamillo
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Bosquecito
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Bosquecito is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
        • San Acacia
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Laborcita
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Laborcita is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborcita
        • San Antonio
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Rosedale ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Rosedale is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
        • La Joyita ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • La Joyita is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joyita
        • San Antonito
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • San Pedro ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • San Pedro is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
        • Morine Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Morine Place is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morine Place
        • San Geronimo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • San Geronimo is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
        • John Padilla Settlement
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Augustine ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Augustine is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustine
        • La Joya
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Puertecito
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Puertecito is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puertecito
        • Gibbs Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Gibbs Place is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Place
        • Red Mill
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Red Mill is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
        • Alamo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Alamo is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
        • Kinney Wells
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Kinney Wells is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
        • San Marcial ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • San Marcial is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
        • Tiffany
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Tiffany is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
        • San Francisco
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
          • San Francisco is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
        • Old Carthage
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Carthage is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
        • Tokay ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Tokay is located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
  • Colfax 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kelly) 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 Kelly, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.