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Nearest Communities to Tierra Amarilla,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 north.

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 north 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 Tierra Amarilla.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Tierra Amarilla is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Rio Arriba County.

The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 38 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tierra Amarilla. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Rio Arriba 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 Tierra Amarilla (which is Rio Arriba 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 Tierra Amarilla

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

  • Rio Arriba County   (where Tierra Amarilla resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rio-arriba.org/
    • County Seat for Rio Arriba:   Tierra Amarilla
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tierra Amarilla   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tierra Amarilla.
      • Ensenada
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Ensenada is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ensenada
      • Los Ojos
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • La Puente ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • La Puente was located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puente
      • Brazos
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
        • Brazos is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
      • Rutheron
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
        • Rutheron is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
      • Las Nutrias
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Las Nutrias is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Nutrias
      • Crowther Cow Camp
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Crowther Cow Camp is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowther Cow Camp
      • Cebolla
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • El Vado
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • El Vado is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Vado
      • Chama
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Chama is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <4>
      • Willow Creek
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Willow Creek is also located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
      • Alire ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Alire was located in Rio Arriba County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alire
      • Continue List   (21 more) ...
        • Wright Place
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Wright Place is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright Place
        • Canjilon
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Lobato ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Lobato was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
        • Placitas
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Placitas is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
        • Biggs ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Biggs was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs
        • Diamante ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Diamante was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante
        • Monero
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Monero is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
        • San Antonio ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • San Antonio was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
        • Toltec
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Toltec is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
        • Amargo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Amargo is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
        • El Monte Rojo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • El Monte Rojo is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Monte Rojo
        • Sublette
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Sublette is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
        • Lumberton
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Lumberton is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
        • Vallecitos
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Big Horn
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Big Horn is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Horn
        • San Miguel
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • San Miguel is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
        • Llaves
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Llaves is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
        • Dulce
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Pounds ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Pounds was located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pounds
        • Las Tablas
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Las Tablas is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Tablas
        • Tapicitoes
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Tapicitoes is also located in Rio Arriba County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tapicitoes
  • Archuleta County
  • Conejos County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tierra Amarilla) 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 Tierra Amarilla, 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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.