Nearest Communities to Magdalena,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Magdalena, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Magdalena:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Magdalena.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Magdalena 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 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Magdalena.
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 Magdalena (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 Magdalena
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Socorro County (where Magdalena resides)
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- Nearest Communities to Magdalena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Magdalena.
- Kelly ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast) - Mill Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
- Mill Place is located in Socorro County
- Riley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Monica ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Chamizal
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Escondida ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Florida
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Lemitar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lemitar
- Lemitar is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lemitar <4>
- Limitar
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limitar
- Limitar is located in Socorro County
- McNierney
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Polvadera
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polvadera
- Polvadera is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Polvadera <4>
- Pueblito
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Continue List (21 more) ...
- Socorro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socorro
- Socorro is located in Socorro County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,315 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Socorro <4>
- Alamillo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamillo
- Alamillo is located in Socorro County
- San Acacia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Acacia
- San Acacia is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Acacia <4>
- Tajo ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east) - John Padilla Settlement
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for John Padilla Settlement have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for John Padilla Settlement
- John Padilla Settlement is located in Socorro County
- Luis Lopez
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luis Lopez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luis Lopez
- Luis Lopez is located in Socorro County
- La Joyita ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast) - Rosedale ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Bosquecito
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bosquecito have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
- Bosquecito is located in Socorro County
- Puertecito
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puertecito have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puertecito
- Puertecito is located in Socorro County
- Laborcita
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Morine Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morine Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morine Place
- Morine Place is located in Socorro County
- Augustine ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - San Geronimo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Geronimo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
- San Geronimo is located in Socorro County
- San Antonio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- San Antonio is located in Socorro County
- San Antonito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
- San Antonito is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <4>
- Alamo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - San Pedro ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - La Joya
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joya
- La Joya is located in Socorro County
- Red Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - San Francisco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Francisco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
- San Francisco is located in Socorro County
- Socorro
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 from Point A (ie- Magdalena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Magdalena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.1145, Longitude: -107.2407 |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |