Nearest Communities to La Puente,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to La Puente, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for La Puente:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 starting from La Puente.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of La Puente is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Rio Arriba County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Puente. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Rio Arriba 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 La Puente (which is Rio Arriba 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 La Puente
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Rio Arriba County (where La Puente resides)
- County Website: https://www.rio-arriba.org/
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Puente ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Puente.
- Rutheron
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
- Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
- Los Ojos
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Brazos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
- Ensenada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ensenada is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
- Las Nutrias
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Las Nutrias is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
- El Vado
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- El Vado is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
- Cebolla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Crowther Cow Camp
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Crowther Cow Camp is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowther Cow Camp
- Wright Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Wright Place is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Place
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Alire ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Alire is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alire
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Biggs ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
- Canjilon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Monero
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monero is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
- Placitas
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Placitas is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
- Diamante ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
- Amargo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
- Lumberton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- El Monte Rojo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- El Monte Rojo is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte Rojo
- Toltec
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Llaves
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Llaves is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
- Pounds ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
- San Antonio ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Antonio is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- Dulce
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Sublette
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
- Tapicitoes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tapicitoes is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapicitoes
- Big Horn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- San Miguel
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Miguel is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- Navajo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
- Vallecitos
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Archuleta County
- County Website: https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
- County Seat for Archuleta: Pagosa Springs (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Puente ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Puente.
- Tierra Amarilla Grant
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
- Chromo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Edith
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Edith is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
- Conejos County
- County Website: https://conejoscounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Conejos: Conejos (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Puente ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Puente.
- Cumbres
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Osier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Osier is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
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- La Puente) 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 La Puente, 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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