Nearest Communities to Prewitt,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Prewitt, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Prewitt:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Prewitt.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Prewitt is located in McKinley County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Prewitt. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than McKinley 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 Prewitt (which is McKinley 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 Prewitt
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKinley County (where Prewitt resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Prewitt ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Prewitt.
- North Chaves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- North Chaves is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chaves
- South Chaves
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- South Chaves is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chaves
- Thoreau
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Smith Lake
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ambrosia Lake
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Ambrosia Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrosia Lake
- Continental Divide
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Gonzales
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Gonzales is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzales
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coolidge is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Sanchez Place
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Sanchez Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanchez Place
- North Guam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- North Guam is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guam
- South Guam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- South Guam is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Guam
- Mariano Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mariano Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano Lake
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Grubisich Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Grubisich Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubisich Place
- Crownpoint
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Piedra de la Aguila
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Piedra de la Aguila is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedra de la Aguila
- Ciniza
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Ciniza is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ciniza
- Page
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Page is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
- Navarre Place
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Navarre Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Place
- Voght Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Voght Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voght Place
- Basgal Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Basgal Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basgal Place
- Merrill Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Merrill Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Place
- Polich Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Polich Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polich Place
- Iyanbito
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Iyanbito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iyanbito
- McGaffey ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- McGaffey is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGaffey
- Leon ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Leon is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
- Pinedale
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Pinedale is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinedale
- Perea ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perea is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perea
- Seven Lakes
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Seven Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Ramah
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fort Wingate
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hospah
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hospah is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hospah
- Upper Nutria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Upper Nutria is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nutria
- Wingate
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Wingate is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Cibola County
- County Website: https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
- County Seat for Cibola: Grants
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Prewitt ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Prewitt.
- Bluewater
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Bluewater is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
- Toltec
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Toltec is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Diener ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Diener is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diener
- Milan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Copperton ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Copperton is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
- Sawyer
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sawyer is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Aragon
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Aragon is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
- Grants
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- San Rafael
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Boon Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boon Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon Place
- San Mateo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- San Mateo is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Mateo
- Paxton Springs ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Paxton Springs is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Springs
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- Tinaja
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Tinaja is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Sand Corner
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
- Anzac
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Anzac is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
- McCartys
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCartys is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartys
- El Morro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- El Morro is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Morro
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Prewitt ...
- Shillingburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shillingburg is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillingburg
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Prewitt) 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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