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Nearest Communities to Santa Rita,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.<1>

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

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Greenlee (AZ), Catron, Hidalgo, Luna & Sierra.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Santa Rita. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Santa Rita (which is Grant 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 Santa Rita

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

  • Grant County   (where Santa Rita resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Silver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Santa Rita   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Santa Rita.
      • Hanover
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Hanover is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Turnerville
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Turnerville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
      • Wimsattville
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
        • Wimsattville is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsattville
      • Union Hill
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Union Hill is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
      • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Ivanhoe is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Fierro
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Fierro is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fierro
      • Cobre
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Cobre is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
      • Hanover Junction
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Hanover Junction is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
      • Vanadium
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Vanadium is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
      • Mimbres
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Bayard
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Central
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Central is located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Fort Bayard
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Santa Clara
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
          • Santa Clara is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
        • North Hurley
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • North Hurley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hurley
        • Arenas Valley
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
          • Arenas Valley is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
        • San Lorenzo ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
          • San Lorenzo is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
        • Hurley
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • San Juan
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • San Juan is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
        • Newton ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Newton is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
        • Sherman ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • Sherman is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
        • Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Pinos Altos is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
        • Big Mill
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
          • Big Mill is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mill
        • Masons Mill ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Masons Mill is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mill
        • Redstone
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Redstone is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
        • Silver Acres
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Silver Acres is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Acres
        • Little Walnut Village
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Silver City
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Whitewater
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Whitewater is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
        • Tyrone ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Tyrone is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
        • Faywood ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
          • Faywood is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
        • Dwyer ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Dwyer is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer
        • Bloodgood Place
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Bloodgood Place is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodgood Place
        • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Oak Grove is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • White Signal
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • White Signal is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Signal
        • Rastus Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Rastus Place is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rastus Place
        • Alhambra ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Alhambra is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
        • Mangas Springs
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Mangas Springs is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangas Springs
        • Black Hawk ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Black Hawk is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
        • Gila Hot Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Gila Hot Springs is located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Hot Springs
  • Luna County
  • San Miguel County
  • Sierra County

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 from Point A (ie- Santa Rita) 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 Santa Rita, 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.