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Nearest Communities to Torrance,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Torrance.<1>

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

Torrance is located in Torrance County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Torrance County: Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro & Valencia.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 24 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Torrance. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Torrance 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 Torrance (which is Torrance 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 Torrance

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

  • Torrance County   (where Torrance resides)
    • County Website:   www.torrancecountynm.org/
    • County Seat for Torrance:   Estancia
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Torrance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Torrance.
      • Varney
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Varney have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney
        • Varney is located in Torrance County
      • Cedarvale
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Duran ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duran have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duran
        • Duran is located in Torrance County
      • Carnero
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carnero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnero
        • Carnero is located in Torrance County
      • Encino
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Pedernal
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pedernal have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pedernal
        • Pedernal is located in Torrance County
      • Negra
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Negra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Negra
        • Negra is located in Torrance County
      • Dummoor
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dummoor have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dummoor
        • Dummoor is located in Torrance County
      • Progresso
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Progresso have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Progresso
        • Progresso is located in Torrance County
      • Culebra
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Culebra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culebra
        • Culebra is located in Torrance County
      • Lucy
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucy
        • Lucy is located in Torrance County
      • Silio
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silio
        • Silio is located in Torrance County
      • La Salina
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Salina have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Salina
        • La Salina is located in Torrance County
  • Guadalupe County
    • County Seat for Guadalupe:   Santa Rosa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Torrance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Torrance.
      • Tejon
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tejon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tejon
        • Tejon is located in Guadalupe County
      • Vaughn
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Tony
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tony have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
        • Tony is located in Guadalupe County
      • Joffre
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Joffre have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joffre
        • Joffre is located in Guadalupe County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Torrance   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Torrance.
      • Corona
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corona have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corona
        • Corona is located in Lincoln County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 167 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corona <4>
      • Gallinas
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallinas have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallinas
        • Gallinas is located in Lincoln County
      • Tecolote
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tecolote have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
        • Tecolote is located in Lincoln County
      • Lon ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lon
        • Lon is located in Lincoln County
      • Luna
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
        • Luna is located in Lincoln County
      • Ancho ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ancho have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancho
        • Ancho is located in Lincoln County
  • Socorro County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Torrance) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Torrance. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3412, Longitude: -105.5281       In this case, the coordinates for Torrance have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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