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Nearest Communities to Sawyer,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Sawyer.<1>

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


Sawyer 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 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sawyer. Of these communities, 34 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 Sawyer (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 Sawyer

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

  • Cibola County   (where Sawyer resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.cibolacountynm.com/
    • County Seat for Cibola:   Grants
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sawyer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sawyer.
      • Copperton ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Copperton is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperton
      • Diener ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
        • Diener is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diener
      • Tinaja
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Tinaja is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
      • Sand Corner
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Sand Corner is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Corner
      • Aragon
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Aragon is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
      • Boon Place
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Boon Place is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boon Place
      • El Morro
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • El Morro is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Morro
      • Paxton Springs ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Paxton Springs is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Springs
      • Bluewater
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Bluewater is located in Cibola County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Pinehill
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Toltec
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Toltec is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
        • Milan
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • San Rafael
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
        • Grants
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
          • Grants is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
          • Former name for Grants:
          • Grants Station
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <3>
        • Anzac
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Anzac is located in Cibola County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anzac
  • McKinley County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
    • County Seat for McKinley:   Gallup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sawyer   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sawyer.
      • Sanchez Place
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Sanchez Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sanchez Place
      • Grubisich Place
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Grubisich Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grubisich Place
      • Page
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Page is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Page
      • Ramah
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • North Chaves
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • North Chaves is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Chaves
      • South Chaves
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • South Chaves is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chaves
      • Thoreau
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Navarre Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Navarre Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navarre Place
      • Continental Divide
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Gonzales
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Gonzales is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzales
      • Prewitt
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Merrill Place
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Merrill Place is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Place
      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Basgal Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Basgal Place is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basgal Place
        • Polich Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
          • Polich Place is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polich Place
        • Coolidge ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Coolidge is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
        • Lower Nutria
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Lower Nutria is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Nutria
        • Pescado
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Pescado is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pescado
        • Upper Nutria
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
          • Upper Nutria is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Nutria
        • McGaffey ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • McGaffey is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGaffey
        • South Guam
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • South Guam is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Guam
        • North Guam
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • North Guam is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guam
        • Ciniza
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Ciniza is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ciniza
        • Smith Lake
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Fort Wingate
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Iyanbito
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Iyanbito is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iyanbito
        • Pinehaven
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Pinehaven is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehaven
        • Mariano Lake
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Mariano Lake is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano Lake
        • Perea ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Perea is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perea
        • Bread Springs
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
        • Wingate
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Wingate is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
        • Ambrosia Lake
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Ambrosia Lake is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambrosia Lake
        • Sundance
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Sundance is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
        • Vanderwagen
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • McCune
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • McCune is located in McKinley County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune

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- Sawyer) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.