Nearest Communities to San Rafael,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to San Rafael, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for San Rafael:
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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from San Rafael.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
San Rafael is located in Cibola County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cibola County: Apache (AZ), Bernalillo, Catron, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro & Valencia.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 50 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of San Rafael. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Cibola 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 San Rafael (which is Cibola 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 San Rafael
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Cibola County (where San Rafael resides)
- County Website: https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
- County Seat for Cibola: Grants
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to San Rafael ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from San Rafael.
- Grants
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Milan
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Toltec
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Toltec is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Anzac
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Anzac is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
- Bluewater
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bluewater is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
- Paxton Springs ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton Springs is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Springs
- McCartys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- McCartys is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCartys
- Aragon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Aragon is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
- Diener ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Diener is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diener
- Acomita Lake
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Acomita Lake is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita Lake
- Copperton ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Copperton is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
- Alaska
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alaska is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
- Continue List (33 more) ...
- San Fidel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- West Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- West Village is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Village
- Acomita ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Acomita is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acomita
- North Acomita Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Villa de Cubero
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Villa de Cubero is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa de Cubero
- Budville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Budville is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Budville
- Cubero
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New York
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- New York is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New York
- Seama
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Seama is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seama
- San Mateo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- San Mateo is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Mateo
- Harrisburg
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Philadelphia is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philadelphia
- Sawyer
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Sawyer is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawyer
- Tinaja
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Tinaja is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Acoma Pueblo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Acoma Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Acoma Village is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acoma Village
- Casa Blanca
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Encinal
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Paraje
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Casa Fria
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Casa Fria is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Fria
- Sand Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
- New Laguna
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- New Laguna is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Laguna
- Cebolletita
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Cebolletita is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolletita
- El Morro
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- El Morro is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Morro
- Bibo ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Bibo is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibo
- Laguna
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Paguate
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Seboyeta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Moquino ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Moquino is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moquino
- Hughes Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Hughes Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hughes Place
- McCord Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- McCord Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCord Place
- Boon Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Boon Place is located in Cibola County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon Place
- Pinehill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- McKinley County
- County Website: https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to San Rafael ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from San Rafael.
- Prewitt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Ambrosia Lake
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Ambrosia Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrosia Lake
- North Chaves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- North Chaves is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chaves
- South Chaves
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- South Chaves is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chaves
- Thoreau
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
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 from Point A (ie- San Rafael) 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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