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Nearest Communities to Mesita,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Mesita.<1>

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

Mesita is located in Cibola County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cibola County: Apache (AZ), Bernalillo, Catron, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro & Valencia.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mesita. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Cibola 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 Mesita (which is Cibola 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 Mesita

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

  • Cibola County   (where Mesita resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
    • County Seat for Cibola:   Grants
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mesita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mesita.
      • Marmon
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Marmon is also located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmon
      • El Rito
        (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
        • El Rito is also located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rito
      • Laguna Pueblo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Laguna Pueblo is also located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laguna Pueblo
      • Laguna
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • New Laguna
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • New Laguna is also located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Laguna
      • Paguate
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Casa Blanca
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Paraje
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Piedra Lumbre ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Piedra Lumbre was located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra Lumbre
      • Encinal
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Harrisburg
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Bibo ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Bibo was located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibo
      • Continue List   (25 more) ...
        • Moquino ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
          • Moquino was located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquino
        • Cebolletita
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Cebolletita is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolletita
        • Romero Place
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Romero Place is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero Place
        • Philadelphia
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Philadelphia is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
        • Budville
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Budville is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budville
        • Cubero
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • New York
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • New York is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
        • Seama
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
          • Seama is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seama
        • Seboyeta
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
        • Villa de Cubero
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
          • Villa de Cubero is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa de Cubero
        • Crane Place
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Crane Place is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane Place
        • Acomita ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • Acomita was located in Cibola County
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        • North Acomita Village
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
          • North Acomita Village is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Acomita Village
        • West Village
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
          • West Village is also located in Cibola County
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        • Alaska
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Alaska is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
        • San Fidel
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
        • Acoma Pueblo
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Acoma Village
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Acoma Village is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma Village
        • Acomita Lake
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Acomita Lake is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
        • Casa Fria
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Casa Fria is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Fria
        • McCartys
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • McCartys is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartys
        • Anzac
          (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
          • Anzac is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
        • Orchard Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Orchard Place is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orchard Place
        • San Mateo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • San Mateo is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Mateo
        • McCord Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • McCord Place is also located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Place
  • Bernalillo County
  • McKinley County
  • Sandoval County
  • Valencia County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.valencia.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Valencia:   Los Lunas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mesita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mesita.
      • Correo ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Correo was located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correo
      • Suwanee ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Suwanee was located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suwanee
      • South Garcia
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • South Garcia is located in Valencia County
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      • Rio Puerco
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Rio Puerco is located in Valencia County
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      • Sandia
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Sandia is located in Valencia County
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      • Dalies
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Dalies is located in Valencia County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dalies

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mesita) 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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