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Nearest Communities to Ojo Caliente,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.<1>

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


Ojo Caliente 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 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ojo Caliente. Of these communities, 12 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 Ojo Caliente (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 Ojo Caliente

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

  • Cibola County   (where Ojo Caliente resides)
    • County Seat for Cibola:   Grants
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ojo Caliente   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ojo Caliente.
      • Atarque
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Atarque have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atarque
        • Atarque is located in Cibola County
      • Fence Lake
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Tingle ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tingle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tingle
        • Tingle is located in Cibola County
  • McKinley County
    • County Website:   www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
    • County Seat for McKinley:   Gallup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ojo Caliente   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ojo Caliente.
      • Tekapo
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tekapo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tekapo
        • Tekapo is located in McKinley County
      • Zuni Pueblo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zuni Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zuni Pueblo
        • Zuni Pueblo is located in McKinley County
      • Black Rock
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
        • Black Rock is located in McKinley County
      • Chi Chil Tah
        (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chi Chil Tah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chi Chil Tah
        • Chi Chil Tah is located in McKinley County
      • Pescado
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pescado have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescado
        • Pescado is located in McKinley County
      • Vanderwagen
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Ramah
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramah have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
        • Ramah is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramah <4>
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   www.co.apache.az.us/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ojo Caliente   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ojo Caliente.
      • Allentown
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allentown
        • Allentown is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Houck
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Chetco
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chetco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chetco
        • Chetco is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Sanders
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Lupton
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Ojo Caliente) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ojo Caliente. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.9167, Longitude: -108.9684       In this case, the coordinates for Ojo Caliente have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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