Nearest Communities to Placitas,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Placitas, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Placitas:
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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Placitas.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Placitas 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 56 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Placitas. Of these communities, 5 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 Placitas (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 Placitas
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Rio Arriba County (where Placitas resides)
- County Website: https://www.rio-arriba.org/
- County Seat for Rio Arriba: Tierra Amarilla
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placitas.
- Canjilon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Cebolla
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- El Monte Rojo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- El Monte Rojo is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte Rojo
- Alire ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alire was located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alire
- Las Nutrias
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Las Nutrias is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
- Wright Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Wright Place is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Place
- El Rito
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Plaza Blanca
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Plaza Blanca is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaza Blanca
- Barranca
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Barranca is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barranca
- Buena Vista
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Buena Vista is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Canones
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- El Curuco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- El Curuco is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Curuco
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- Lower Canones
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lower Canones is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Canones
- Abiquiu
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Las Placitas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Las Placitas is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Placitas
- Vallecitos
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tierra Amarilla was located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
- El Vado
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- El Vado is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
- La Careda
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- La Careda is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Careda
- Youngsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Youngsville is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngsville
- Rio Puerco
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Rio Puerco is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Puerco
- Crowther Cow Camp
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Crowther Cow Camp is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowther Cow Camp
- La Puente ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- La Puente was located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puente
- Tierra Azul
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Tierra Azul is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Azul
- Ensenada
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ensenada is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
- Los Ojos
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frijoles Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Frijoles Spring is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijoles Spring
- Ancones
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ancones is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancones
- Rutheron
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rutheron is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
- Coyote
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- La Cueva ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- La Cueva was located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
- LaMadera
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- LaMadera is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMadera
- Brazos
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brazos is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
- Arroyo del Agua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Arroyo del Agua is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo del Agua
- Medanales
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Las Tablas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Las Tablas is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Tablas
- Petaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Petaca
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- South Petaca is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Petaca
- Duranes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Duranes is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duranes
- Gallegos
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Gallegos is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallegos
- Santa Teresa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Santa Teresa is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Teresa
- Llaves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Llaves is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
- Capulin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Capulin is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
- Gallina
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Vallecitos Corrales
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Vallecitos Corrales is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallecitos Corrales
- Recheulos
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Recheulos is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Recheulos
- San Lorenzo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- San Lorenzo is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
- Chili
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Chili is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chili
- La Chuachia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Chuachia is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Chuachia
- Clara Peak
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Clara Peak is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clara Peak
- Jarosa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jarosa is also located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarosa
- Taos County
- County Website: https://www.taoscounty.org/
- County Seat for Taos: Taos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placitas.
- Ojo Caliente
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Servilleta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Servilleta is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilleta
- Solo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Solo is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Solo
- Tres Piedras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Taos Junction
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Taos Junction is located in Taos County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Junction
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Placitas) 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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