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Nearest Communities to Monero,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 starting from Monero.<1>

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

Monero 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 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Monero. Of these communities, 18 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 Monero (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 Monero

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Monero resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Monero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Monero.
      • Biggs ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Diamante ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
      • Amargo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
      • Lumberton
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Dulce
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Willow Creek
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Navajo
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Chama
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Lobato ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Rutheron
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Brazos
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • La Puente ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • La Puente is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puente
      • Continue List   (10 more) ...
        • Los Ojos
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Pounds ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
        • Ensenada
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Ensenada is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
        • Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
        • Vaqueros ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
        • El Vado
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • El Vado is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
        • Carracas
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
        • Las Nutrias
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Las Nutrias is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
        • Wright Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Wright Place is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Place
        • Crowther Cow Camp
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
          • Crowther Cow Camp is located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowther Cow Camp
  • Archuleta County
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Monero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Monero.
      • Edith
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Edith is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Chromo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
      • Tierra Amarilla Grant
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
      • Trujillo
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Juanita ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Gato
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Pagosa Junction
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Kearns
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Kearns is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
      • Carracas
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Lonetree
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
        • Pagosa Springs
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Altura
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Altura is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
        • Nutria
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Nutria is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
        • Treasure
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Treasure is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
        • Dyke
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Dyke is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyke
  • Conejos County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Monero) 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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