Nearest Communities to Madison,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Madison, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Madison:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Madison is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Union County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Union County: Baca (CO), Las Animas (CO), Colfax, Harding, Quay, Cimarron (OK), Dallam (TX) & Hartley (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Madison. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Union 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 Madison (which is Union 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 Madison
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Union County (where Madison resides)
- County Website: https://unionnm.us/
- County Seat for Union: Clayton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Folsom
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Emery Gap ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Emery Gap is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emery Gap
- Des Moines
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Capulin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Grande
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grande is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grande
- Willow Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Willow Springs is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Springs
- Corrumpa ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Corrumpa is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corrumpa
- Guy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Guy is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guy
- Grenville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sofia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Sofia is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sofia
- Colfax County
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Kiowa ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Kiowa is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Yankee is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
- Carisbrook
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Palo Blanco ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Palo Blanco is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Blanco
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Sugarite is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Madison ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Madison.
- Branson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Branson is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Former name for Branson:
- Wilson's Switch
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Branson <4>
- Trinchera
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Lone Oak is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Walts Corner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Walts Corner is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walts Corner
- Abeyta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Abeyta is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
- Barela
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Barela is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
- Tobe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tobe is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tobe
- Patterson Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Madison) 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 Madison, 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. |