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Nearest Communities to Red Hill,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Red Hill, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Red Hill:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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 from Red Hill.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Red Hill is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Catron County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Catron County: Apache (AZ), Greenlee (AZ), Cibola, Grant, Sierra & Socorro.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Red Hill. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Catron 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 Red Hill (which is Catron 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 Red Hill

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Catron County   (where Red Hill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.catroncounty.us/
    • County Seat for Catron:   Reserve
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Hill.
      • Manuelito Place
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Manuelito Place is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuelito Place
      • Spur Lake ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Spur Lake is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spur Lake
      • Salt Lake
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Salt Lake is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lake
      • Gribble Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Gribble Place is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gribble Place
      • Quemado
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Old Campbell Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Old Campbell Place is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Campbell Place
      • Ruyle Place
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Ruyle Place is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruyle Place
      • Luna
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Omega
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Omega is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
      • Apache Creek
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Apache Creek is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
      • Aragon
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Cruzville
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Cruzville is located in Catron County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Red Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Red Hill.
      • Correjo Crossing
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Correjo Crossing is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Correjo Crossing
      • Feaster
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Feaster is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feaster
      • Troweek
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Troweek is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troweek
      • Springerville
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Eagar
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Eagar is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagar
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagar <4>
      • Nutrioso
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Rosebud
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Rosebud is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
      • Richville ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Richville is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richville
      • Alpine
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Spot
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Green Spot is located in Apache County (AZ)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Spot

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- Red Hill) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Red Hill, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.