Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
Lava itself is historic and described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
The following communities are listed based on their distance from Lava, with the one closest to Lava listed first.
- Ortiz
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Big Horn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Big Horn is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
- Sublette
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Antonito
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Conejos
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Toltec
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Los Cerritos
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Los Cerritos is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerritos
- Manassa
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- No Agua
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- No Agua is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua
- Cumbres
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Capulin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Sanford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- La Jara
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Tres Piedras
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Chama
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Lasauses
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lasauses is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lasauses
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lava, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
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