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Nearest Communities to Shiprock,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.<1>

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

Shiprock 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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Shiprock. Of these communities, 10 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 Shiprock (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 Shiprock

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

  • San Juan County   (where Shiprock resides)
    • County Website:   www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Juan:   Aztec
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shiprock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shiprock.
      • Rattlesnake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rattlesnake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rattlesnake
        • Rattlesnake is located in San Juan County
      • Cudei
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cudei have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cudei
        • Cudei is located in San Juan County
      • Nenahnezad
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nenahnezad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nenahnezad
        • Nenahnezad is located in San Juan County
      • Fruitland
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Cottonwood
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cottonwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottonwood
        • Cottonwood is located in San Juan County
      • Kirtland
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kirtland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirtland
        • Kirtland is located in San Juan County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirtland <4>
      • Ojo Amarillo
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ojo Amarillo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojo Amarillo
        • Ojo Amarillo is located in San Juan County
      • Beclabito
        (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beclabito have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beclabito
        • Beclabito is located in San Juan County
      • Upper Fruitland
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Fruitland
        • Upper Fruitland is located in San Juan County
      • Little Water
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • 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
      • Farmington
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Sanostee
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Continue List   (4 more) ...
        • Napi HQ
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
          • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Napi HQ. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napi HQ
          • Napi HQ is located in San Juan County
        • Tocito
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • 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
        • Laplata PO
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laplata PO have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laplata PO
          • Laplata PO is located in San Juan County
        • La Plata
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Apache County
    • County Website:   www.co.apache.az.us/
    • County Seat for Apache:   Saint Johns (AZ)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shiprock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shiprock.
      • Horse Mesa
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horse Mesa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Mesa
        • Horse Mesa is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Twin Falls
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Falls
        • Twin Falls is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Red Rock
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
        • Red Rock is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Red Valley
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Valley
        • Red Valley is located in Apache County (AZ)
      • Teec Nos Pos
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Montezuma County
    • County Website:   www.co.montezuma.co.us/
    • County Seat for Montezuma:   Cortez (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Shiprock   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Shiprock.
      • Echo House ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Echo House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo House
        • Echo House is located in Montezuma County (CO)
      • Swallows Nest ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Swallows Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swallows Nest
        • Swallows Nest is located in Montezuma County (CO)
      • Badger House Community ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Badger House Community have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Badger House Community
        • Badger House Community is located in Montezuma County (CO)
      • Mariano
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mariano have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano
        • Mariano is located in Montezuma County (CO)
      • Towaoc
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Towaoc have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Towaoc
        • Towaoc is located in Montezuma County (CO)
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Towaoc <4>

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shiprock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shiprock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7851, Longitude: -108.6846    
<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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