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Nearest Communities to Luis Lopez,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note 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.


Luis Lopez is located in 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 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Luis Lopez. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Socorro 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 Luis Lopez (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 Luis Lopez

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

  • Socorro County   (where Luis Lopez resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.socorrocounty.net/
    • County Seat for Socorro:   Socorro
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Luis Lopez   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Luis Lopez.
      • Bosquecito
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Bosquecito is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
      • Laborcita
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Laborcita is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborcita
      • Socorro
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
        • Socorro is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socorro
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,315 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Socorro <3>
      • Tajo ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Tajo was located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tajo
      • San Antonio
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • San Antonio is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • San Pedro ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • San Pedro was located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Antonito
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Escondida ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Escondida was located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida
      • Florida
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Florida is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
      • Pueblito
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Pueblito is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblito
      • Lemitar
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Limitar
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Limitar is also located in Socorro County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limitar
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Kinney Wells
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Kinney Wells is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
        • Old Carthage
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Old Carthage is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
        • Tokay ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Tokay was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
        • McNierney
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
          • McNierney is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNierney
        • Polvadera
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Carthage ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
          • Carthage was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
        • Chamizal
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • Chamizal is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamizal
        • Alamillo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Alamillo is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamillo
        • La Joyita ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • La Joyita was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joyita
        • San Acacia
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Tiffany
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Tiffany is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
        • Kelly ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Kelly was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
        • San Marcial ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • San Marcial was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
        • Gibbs Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Gibbs Place is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Place
        • Tomasino Mill
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Tomasino Mill is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomasino Mill
        • Mill Place
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
          • Mill Place is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
        • Red Mill
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Red Mill is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
        • Magdalena
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • San Geronimo
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • San Geronimo is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
        • La Joya
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • La Joya is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joya
        • Canyon Mill
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Canyon Mill is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Mill
        • Craig ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Craig was located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
        • San Francisco
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • San Francisco is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
        • Bernardo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Bernardo is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardo
        • Bingham
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Bingham is also located in Socorro County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingham
  • 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 from Point A (ie- Luis Lopez) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.