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Nearest Communities to Mora,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Mora is located in Mora County and is the County Seat.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mora County: Colfax, Harding, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe & Taos.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 125 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mora. Of these communities, 83 are located in counties other than Mora 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 Mora (which is Mora 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 Mora

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

  • Mora County   (where Mora resides)
    • County Website:   https://countyofmora.com/
    • County Seat for Mora:   Mora
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mora   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mora.
      • Santa Gertrudis ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Santa Gertrudis is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Gertrudis
      • El Alto
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • El Alto is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Alto
      • Cordillera
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Cordillera is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordillera
      • Cleveland
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Abuelo
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Pacheco Village
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
      • Canon
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Canon is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon
      • Ledoux
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Monte Aplanado
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Monte Aplanado is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Aplanado
      • North Carmen
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
        • North Carmen is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Carmen
      • Canoncito
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Canoncito is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
      • Puertocito
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Puertocito is located in Mora County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puertocito
      • Continue List   (30 more) ...
  • Colfax County
  • Rio Arriba County
  • San Miguel County
    • County Website:   https://co.sanmiguel.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Miguel:   Las Vegas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mora   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mora.
      • Penasco Blanco
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Penasco Blanco is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penasco Blanco
      • Tierra Monte
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Tierra Monte is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Monte
      • Upper Rociada
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Upper Rociada is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Rociada
      • Rociada
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Canoncito
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Canoncito is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
      • Manuelitas
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Manuelitas is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuelitas
      • Pendaries Village
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
        • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
      • Las Tusas
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Las Tusas is located in San Miguel County
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      • San Ignacio
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
      • Sapello
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Las Dispensas
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Las Dispensas is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Dispensas
      • Emplazado
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Emplazado is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emplazado
      • Continue List   (31 more) ...
        • El Porvenir
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • El Porvenir is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Porvenir
        • Los Alamos
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Gallinas
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Gallinas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallinas
        • Geronimo
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Geronimo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
        • Trout Springs
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Cowles
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Winsor Creek Summer Home
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hot Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Los Vigiles
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Los Vigiles is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Vigiles
        • Montezuma
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • El Llano
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • El Llano is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Llano
        • Kroenigs
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
        • Onava
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Onava is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
        • San Antonio
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • San Antonio is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
        • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Tererro ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Tererro is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tererro
        • Arriba
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Arriba is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arriba
        • Mineral Hill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Mineral Hill is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
        • Las Vegas Town
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
        • Tres Lagunas
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Tres Lagunas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Lagunas
        • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
        • Las Vegas
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • San Geronimo ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • San Geronimo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
        • Agua Zarca
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Agua Zarca is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Zarca
        • El Macho
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • El Macho is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Macho
        • San Pablo
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • San Pablo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
        • Upper La Posada
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Upper La Posada is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper La Posada
        • Lagunas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Lagunas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagunas
        • Romero
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Lower La Posada
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Lower La Posada is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower La Posada
        • Upper Colonias
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Upper Colonias is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Colonias
  • Taos 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- Mora) 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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