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Nearest Communities to Sheep Springs,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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 Sheep Springs.<1>

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

Sheep Springs is located in San Juan County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Archuleta (CO), La Plata (CO), Montezuma (CO), McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & San Juan (UT).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sheep Springs. Of these communities, 16 are located in counties other than San Juan 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 Sheep Springs (which is San Juan 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 Sheep Springs

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

  • San Juan County   (where Sheep Springs resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheep Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheep Springs.
      • Naschitti
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Naschitti have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
        • Naschitti is located in San Juan County
      • Two Grey Hills
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Two Grey Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Grey Hills
        • Two Grey Hills is located in San Juan County
      • Newcomb
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newcomb have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
        • Newcomb is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcomb <4>
      • Toadlena
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Crystal
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tocito
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tocito have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tocito
        • Tocito is located in San Juan County
      • Little Water
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Water have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Water
        • Little Water is located in San Juan County
      • Sanostee
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • White Rock ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Tsaya
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tsaya have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tsaya
        • Tsaya is located in San Juan County
      • Lake Valley
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • McKinley County
    • County Website:   www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
    • County Seat for McKinley:   Gallup
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheep Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheep Springs.
      • Buffalo Springs
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
        • Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County
      • Tohatchi
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Navajo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
        • Navajo is located in McKinley County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Navajo <4>
      • Mexican Springs
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Brimhall Nizhoni
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimhall Nizhoni have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
        • Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
      • Coyote Canyon
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
        • Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
      • Twin Lakes
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
        • Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
      • Standing Rock
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standing Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
        • Standing Rock is located in McKinley County
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   www.co.apache.az.us/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Sheep Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Sheep Springs.
      • Upper Wheatfields
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upper Wheatfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Wheatfields
        • Upper Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Milkwater
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milkwater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milkwater
        • Milkwater is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Lower Wheatfields
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lower Wheatfields have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Wheatfields
        • Lower Wheatfields is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Wheatfields
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Sehili
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • White Clay
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Clay have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Clay
        • White Clay is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Sawmill
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Tsaile
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sheep Springs) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sheep Springs. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1455, Longitude: -108.7074    
<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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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