Nearest Communities to Paraje,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Paraje, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Paraje:
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 starting from Paraje.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Paraje is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Socorro County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Paraje. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Socorro County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Paraje (which is Socorro 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 Paraje
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Socorro County (where Paraje resides)
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Socorro County
- Nearest Communities to Paraje ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paraje.
- Hard Luck Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hard Luck Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck Crossing
- Hard Luck Crossing is located in Socorro County
- Craig ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Lava
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast) - San Marcial ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Marcial have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
- San Marcial is located in Socorro County
- Tiffany
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast) - San Antonito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
- San Antonito is located in Socorro County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <5>
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Kinney Wells
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kinney Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
- Kinney Wells is located in Socorro County
- San Antonio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
- San Antonio is located in Socorro County
- San Pedro ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Laborcita
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Tokay ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Mill Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
- Mill Place is located in Socorro County
- Old Carthage
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Carthage have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
- Old Carthage is located in Socorro County
- Colfax County
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Nearest Communities to Paraje ...
- Sierra County
- County Seat for Sierra: Truth or Consequences
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Sierra County
- Nearest Communities to Paraje ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Paraje.
- Crocker
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - La Petra
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Rock Canyon
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Placitas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Hot Springs Landing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hot Springs Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
- Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monticello have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- Monticello is located in Sierra County
- Elephant Butte Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte Estates
- Elephant Butte Estates is located in Sierra County
- Engle ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Elephant Butte
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
- Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <5>
- Chaves Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaves Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
- Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
- Cuchillo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
- Jornada ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south) - Jewkes Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jewkes Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
- Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Paraje) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Paraje. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5565, Longitude: -107.0570 In this case, the coordinates for Paraje have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Paraje, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |