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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Placitas.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Placitas is located in Sierra County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Placitas. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Sierra 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 Sierra 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.
- Sierra County (where Placitas resides)
- County Website: https://www.sierraco.org/
- County Seat for Sierra: Truth or Consequences
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placitas.
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- La Petra
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- La Petra is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petra
- Chaves Place
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
- Jewkes Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
- Cuchillo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Rouse Place
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rouse Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse Place
- Chise
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chise is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chise
- Winston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Winston is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Garcia Place
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Garcia Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Chloride ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Chloride is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Rock Canyon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Hot Springs Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Elephant Butte Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Elephant Butte
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Grafton ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Grafton is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grafton
- Truth or Consequences
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Williamsburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Franks Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Franks Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franks Place
- Santana Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Santana Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santana Place
- Hermosa ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hermosa is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Crocker
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Crocker is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
- Las Palomas
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Las Palomas is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
- Kline Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Kline Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline Place
- Engle ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Engle is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Francisco Rascon Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Caballo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Jornada ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jornada is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jornada
- Socorro County
- County Website: https://www.socorrocounty.net/
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Placitas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Placitas.
- Cherryville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Cherryville is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherryville
- Dusty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dusty is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dusty
- Paraje ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Paraje is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje
- Lava
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lava is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Hard Luck Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hard Luck Crossing is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck Crossing
- Rosedale ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Rosedale is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedale
- Craig ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Craig is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
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- 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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