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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 northwest 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 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.

Keep in mind 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 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Navajo. Of these communities, 30 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 Navajo (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 Navajo

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Navajo resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Navajo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Navajo.
      • Dulce
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Lumberton
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Amargo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
      • Carracas
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Monero
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Diamante ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Diamante is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
      • Biggs ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Biggs is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
      • Vaqueros ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Vaqueros is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vaqueros
      • Pounds ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Pounds is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
      • Rosa ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Rosa is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
      • Willow Creek
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Chama
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
  • 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.
      • Self Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Self Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Self Place
      • Christopher Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Christopher Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christopher Place
      • Mullen Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Mullen Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullen Place
      • Ulibarri Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Ulibarri Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulibarri Place
      • Young Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Young Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young Place
      • Mackey Place
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Mackey Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mackey Place
      • Garcia Place
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Garcia Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Lucero Place
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Lucero Place is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero Place
  • Archuleta County
    • County Website:   https://www.archuletacounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Archuleta:   Pagosa Springs (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Navajo   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Navajo.
      • Juanita ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Edith
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Edith is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edith
      • Pagosa Junction
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Pagosa Junction is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pagosa Junction
      • Trujillo
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Gato
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Carracas
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Carracas is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carracas
      • Chromo
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Kearns
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Kearns is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearns
      • Lonetree
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Lonetree is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonetree
      • Altura
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Altura is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altura
      • Nutria
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Nutria is located in Archuleta County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutria
      • Dyke
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Dyke is located in Archuleta County (CO)
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      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Arboles
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Chimney Rock
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Stollsteimer
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Stollsteimer is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stollsteimer
        • Pagosa Springs
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Piedra
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Piedra is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra
        • Tierra Amarilla Grant
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla Grant
        • Treasure
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Treasure is located in Archuleta County (CO)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure
  • La Plata County

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- 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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