Nearest Communities to Sweetwater,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sweetwater, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sweetwater:
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.
Keep in mind 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Sweetwater is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Colfax County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Costilla (CO), Las Animas (CO), Harding, Mora, Taos & Union.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 54 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sweetwater. Of these communities, 24 are located in counties other than Colfax County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Sweetwater (which is Colfax 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 Sweetwater
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Colfax County (where Sweetwater resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sweetwater ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetwater.
- Valdez Place
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Valdez Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez Place
- Rayado
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Rayado is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rayado
- Sunny Side
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Sunny Side is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Miami
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Urraca Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Urraca Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urraca Place
- McDaniel Cimarron Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Colmor ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Colmor is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmor
- Cimarron
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Springer
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Black Lake Resorts
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Black Lake Resorts is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake Resorts
- Toril
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Toril is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toril
- Black Lake
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Black Lake is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Lake
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Six Mile Gate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Six Mile Gate is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Gate
- Ute Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Angel Fire
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Taylor Springs ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Taylor Springs is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Springs
- Colfax ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Colfax is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- French
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- French is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Agua Fria ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Agua Fria is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Fria
- Perryville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perryville is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perryville
- Eagle Nest
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lakeview Pines is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Pines
- Capitan Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Dawson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Dawson is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Maxwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Virginia City ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Virginia City is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Lauretta is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauretta
- Idlewild
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Idlewild is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deep Tunnel is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
- Val Verde Ski Area
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Val Verde Ski Area is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Ski Area
- Mora County
- County Website: https://countyofmora.com/
- County Seat for Mora: Mora
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sweetwater ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sweetwater.
- Naranjos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Naranjos is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naranjos
- Halls Peak ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Halls Peak is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
- Ocate
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Los LeFebres
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Los LeFebres is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los LeFebres
- Los Huerros
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Los Huerros is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Huerros
- Nolan ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Nolan is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nolan
- Levy
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Levy is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levy
- Ojo Feliz
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Guadalupita
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Los Cocas
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Los Cocas is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cocas
- Wagon Mound
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- La Jara
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- La Jara is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Jara
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Los Cisneros
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Los Cisneros is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cisneros
- Ciruela
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Ciruela is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ciruela
- El Turquillo
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- El Turquillo is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Turquillo
- Los Medinas
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Los Medinas is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Medinas
- Lucero
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lucero is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero
- Rainsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Optimo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Optimo is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optimo
- Chacon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Canoncito
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Canoncito is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
- El Alto
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- El Alto is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Alto
- La Cueva
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- La Cueva is located in Mora County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
- Taos County
- County Website: https://www.taoscounty.org/
- County Seat for Taos: Taos
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Sweetwater ...
- Valle Escondido
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
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- Sweetwater) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sweetwater, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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