Nearest Communities to Navajo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Navajo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Navajo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 from Navajo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Navajo is located in McKinley County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 44 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Navajo. Of these communities, 26 are located in counties other than McKinley 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 Navajo (which is McKinley 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 Navajo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKinley County (where Navajo resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Navajo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Navajo.
- Mexican Springs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
- Mexican Springs has also been known as:
- Nakai Beto
- Nakai Bito
- Nakaibeto
- Nakaibito
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <3>
- Tohatchi
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Tse Bonito
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Tse Bonito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tse Bonito
- Twin Lakes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
- Buffalo Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Brimhall Nizhoni
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
- Rock Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Yah-ta-hey
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
- Coyote Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
- Gamerco ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gamerco is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamerco
- Mentmore ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mentmore is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentmore
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Gibson is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
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- Heaton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Heaton is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Weaver is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Defiance
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Defiance is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Twin Buttes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Twin Buttes is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
- Allison ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Allison is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Gallup
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Navajo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Navajo.
- Crystal
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Crystal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Naschitti
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Naschitti is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
- Toadlena
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Toadlena is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toadlena
- Sheep Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Two Grey Hills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Two Grey Hills is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Grey Hills
- Apache County
- County Website: https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Apache: Saint Johns (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Navajo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Navajo.
- Sawmill
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Sawmill is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
- Milkwater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Milkwater is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milkwater
- Bonita Trading Post
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bonita Trading Post is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Trading Post
- Fort Defiance
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- White Clay
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- White Clay is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Clay
- Window Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Saint Michaels
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Wheatfields
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lower Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Wheatfields
- Upper Wheatfields
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Upper Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Wheatfields
- Woodsprings
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Woodsprings is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodsprings
- Woodsprings has also been known as:
- Woodspring Trading Post
- Wheatfields
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatfields
- Nazlini
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
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- Hunters Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Hunters Point is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Kinlichee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kinlichee is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinlichee
- Wood Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Wood Springs is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Springs
- Sehili
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Sehili is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sehili
- Tsaile
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Oak Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Oak Springs is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Springs
- Del Muerto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Del Muerto is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Del Muerto
- Junction Overlook
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Junction Overlook is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction Overlook
- Flat Rock
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Flat Rock is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
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- Navajo) 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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