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Nearest Communities to Lumberton,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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


Lumberton is located in 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 41 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Lumberton. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Rio Arriba 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 Lumberton (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 Lumberton

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Lumberton resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lumberton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lumberton.
      • Amargo
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
      • Dulce
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Monero
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Diamante ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
      • Navajo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Biggs ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Willow Creek
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Carracas
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Pounds ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
      • Vaqueros ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
      • Chama
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Lobato ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
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        • Rutheron
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Brazos
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • La Puente ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • La Puente is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puente
        • Los Ojos
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • El Vado
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
          • El Vado is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
        • Ensenada
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ensenada is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
        • Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
        • Rosa ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
  • Archuleta County
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Lumberton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Lumberton.
      • Edith
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Edith is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Chromo
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Juanita ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Trujillo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Gato
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Pagosa Junction
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Kearns
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Kearns is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
      • Carracas
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Tierra Amarilla Grant
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
      • Lonetree
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
      • Altura
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Altura is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Pagosa Springs
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Nutria
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Nutria is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
        • Dyke
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Dyke is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
        • Treasure
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Treasure is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
        • Chimney Rock
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Stollsteimer
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
        • Arboles
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Piedra
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Piedra is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
  • Conejos 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- Lumberton) 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.
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