Nearest Communities to Raton,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Raton, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Raton:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.
Please note 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.
Raton is located in Colfax County and is the County Seat.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Costilla (CO), Las Animas (CO), Harding, Mora, Taos & Union.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Raton. Of these communities, 38 are located in counties other than Colfax 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 Raton (which is Colfax 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 Raton
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Colfax County (where Raton resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Raton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Raton.
- Dillon
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Dillon is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Gardiner ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gardiner is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- Carisbrook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarite is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
- Keota
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Keota is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yankee is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Van Houten ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Van Houten is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Houten
- Hebron
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Hebron is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Koehler ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Koehler is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koehler
- Tinaja
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Tinaja is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Schomberg
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Schomberg is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Kiowa ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Capitan Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Dawson ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Maxwell
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Colfax ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Casa Grande
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- French
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- French is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Union County
- County Website: https://unionnm.us/
- County Seat for Union: Clayton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Raton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Raton.
- Capulin
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Folsom
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Raton ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Raton.
- Wootton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wootton is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
- Morley
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- San Miguel ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- Starkville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Engleville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jansen
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jansen is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
- Piedmont ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Barela
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Barela is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Saint Thomas is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Sopris ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Trinidad
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Abeyta
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Abeyta is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Sopris Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris Plaza
- Viola
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Viola is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- Cokedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Madrid ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tijeras
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tijeras is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tijeras
- Beshoar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Segundo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sequndo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Sequndo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequndo
- Valdez
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- El Moro
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Trinchera
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Primero ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Primero is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primero
- Sarcillo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Sarcillo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarcillo
- Medina Plaza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Medina Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Plaza
- Velasquez Plaza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Velasquez Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasquez Plaza
- Forbes ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forbes is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
- Patterson Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Patterson Crossing is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patterson Crossing
- Boncarbo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Hoehne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Cordova Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cordova Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova Plaza
- Weston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Reilly Canyon
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Reilly Canyon is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reilly Canyon
- Vallorso
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Vallorso is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vallorso
- Ludlow ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Raton) 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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