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Nearest Communities to South Carmen,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from South Carmen.<1>

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

South Carmen is located in Mora County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Mora County: Colfax, Harding, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe & Taos.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 132 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Carmen. Of these communities, 90 are located in counties other than Mora 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 South Carmen (which is Mora 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 South Carmen

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

  • Mora County   (where South Carmen resides)
  • Colfax County
  • Rio Arriba County
  • San Miguel County
    • County Website:   https://co.sanmiguel.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Miguel:   Las Vegas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Carmen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Carmen.
      • Penasco Blanco
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Penasco Blanco is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penasco Blanco
      • Tierra Monte
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Tierra Monte is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Monte
      • Upper Rociada
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Upper Rociada is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Rociada
      • Canoncito
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Canoncito is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
      • Pendaries Village
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
      • Rociada
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Manuelitas
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Manuelitas is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuelitas
      • San Ignacio
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
      • Las Tusas
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Las Tusas is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Tusas
      • Sapello
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Las Dispensas
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Las Dispensas is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Dispensas
      • El Porvenir
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • El Porvenir is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Porvenir
      • Continue List   (44 more) ...
        • Emplazado
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
          • Emplazado is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emplazado
        • Gallinas
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
          • Gallinas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallinas
        • Los Alamos
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Hot Springs
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Trout Springs
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • El Llano
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • El Llano is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Llano
        • Los Vigiles
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Los Vigiles is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Vigiles
        • Montezuma
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Geronimo
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
          • Geronimo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Geronimo
        • Cowles
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Mineral Hill
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • Mineral Hill is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Hill
        • San Antonio
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
          • San Antonio is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
        • Onava
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Onava is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
        • Winsor Creek Summer Home
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Las Vegas Town
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
          • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
        • Arriba
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Arriba is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arriba
        • Kroenigs
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
          • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
        • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
        • Las Vegas
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • San Geronimo ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
          • San Geronimo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Geronimo
        • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Tererro ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Tererro is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tererro
        • Tres Lagunas
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Tres Lagunas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Lagunas
        • Agua Zarca
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Agua Zarca is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Zarca
        • San Pablo
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • San Pablo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pablo
        • El Macho
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • El Macho is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Macho
        • Lagunas
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Lagunas is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lagunas
        • Romero
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Upper Colonias
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Upper Colonias is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Colonias
        • Upper La Posada
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Upper La Posada is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper La Posada
        • La Manga
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • La Manga is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Manga
        • Ojitos Frios
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Ojitos Frios is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojitos Frios
        • Romeroville
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Romeroville is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeroville
        • Lower La Posada
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Lower La Posada is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower La Posada
        • Cedar Hill
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Cedar Hill is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Hill
        • Ojita
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Ojita is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ojita
        • Sheridan
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
          • Sheridan is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheridan
        • Lower Colonias
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Lower Colonias is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Colonias
        • Santa Ana
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
          • Santa Ana is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana
        • East Pecos
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • East Pecos is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Pecos
        • Gabaldon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Gabaldon is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabaldon
        • Pecos
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <3>
        • Tecolote
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
        • Pecos Pueblo
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Pecos Pueblo is located in San Miguel County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos Pueblo
  • Santa Fe County
  • Taos County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- South Carmen) 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.