Nearest Communities to Socorro,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Socorro, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Socorro:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest 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 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Socorro.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Socorro is located in Socorro County and is the County Seat.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Socorro County: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance & Valencia.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 42 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Socorro. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Socorro 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 Socorro (which is Socorro 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 Socorro
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Socorro County (where Socorro resides)
- County Website: https://www.socorrocounty.net/
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Socorro ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Socorro.
- Escondida ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Escondida was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida
- Florida
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Florida is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Tajo ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Tajo was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tajo
- Pueblito
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pueblito is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblito
- Luis Lopez
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Luis Lopez is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luis Lopez
- Bosquecito
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bosquecito is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosquecito
- Lemitar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Limitar
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Laborcita
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Laborcita is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laborcita
- McNierney
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- McNierney is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNierney
- San Antonio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Polvadera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Continue List (29 more) ...
- San Pedro ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- San Pedro was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
- Chamizal
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chamizal is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamizal
- San Antonito
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Alamillo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- San Acacia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- La Joyita ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- La Joyita was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Joyita
- Kinney Wells
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Kinney Wells is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinney Wells
- Old Carthage
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Carthage is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Carthage
- Tokay ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tokay was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokay
- Gibbs Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Gibbs Place is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs Place
- Carthage ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carthage
- Red Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Red Mill is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mill
- Tomasino Mill
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Tomasino Mill is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomasino Mill
- Kelly ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- San Geronimo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- San Geronimo is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
- La Joya
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Canyon Mill
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Canyon Mill is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon Mill
- Magdalena
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Mill Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Mill Place is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Place
- San Francisco
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- San Francisco is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Francisco
- Tiffany
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Tiffany is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffany
- Bernardo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Bernardo is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernardo
- San Marcial ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- San Marcial was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Marcial
- Abeytas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Contreras
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Las Nutrias
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Riley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Riley is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riley
- Sabinal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Sabinal is also located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabinal
- Craig ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Craig was located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Colfax County
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Socorro ...
- Val Verde
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Val Verde is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Socorro) 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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