Nearest Communities to Twin Lakes,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Twin Lakes, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Twin Lakes:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Twin Lakes.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County.
The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 57 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Twin Lakes. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than McKinley 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 Twin Lakes (which is McKinley 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 Twin Lakes
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- McKinley County (where Twin Lakes resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Twin Lakes ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes.
- Yah-ta-hey
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
- Mexican Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mexican Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexican Springs
- Mexican Springs has also been known as:
- Nakai Beto
- Nakai Bito
- Nakaibeto
- Nakaibito
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mexican Springs <3>
- Rock Springs
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
- Brimhall Nizhoni
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
- Coyote Canyon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
- Gamerco ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gamerco is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamerco
- Gibson ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Gibson is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson
- Heaton ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Heaton is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heaton
- Weaver ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Weaver is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weaver
- Tohatchi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Allison ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Allison is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allison
- Gallup
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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- Mentmore ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Mentmore is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mentmore
- Twin Buttes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Twin Buttes is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Buttes
- Navajo Wingate Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rehoboth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zuni
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Church Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tse Bonito
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Tse Bonito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tse Bonito
- Buffalo Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- McCune
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- McCune is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCune
- Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Defiance is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
- Red Rock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Red Rock is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
- Sundance
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Sundance is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sundance
- Wingate
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wingate is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingate
- Pinedale
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Pinedale is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinedale
- Navajo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Perea ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Perea is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perea
- Fort Wingate
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iyanbito
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Iyanbito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iyanbito
- Bread Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
- Manuelito
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Manuelito is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manuelito
- Standing Rock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Standing Rock is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Ciniza
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ciniza is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ciniza
- Mariano Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mariano Lake is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mariano Lake
- Pinehaven
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pinehaven is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehaven
- McGaffey ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- McGaffey is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGaffey
- North Guam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- North Guam is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Guam
- South Guam
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- South Guam is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Guam
- Polich Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Polich Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polich Place
- Basgal Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Basgal Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basgal Place
- Coolidge ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coolidge is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolidge
- Merrill Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Merrill Place is located in McKinley County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Merrill Place
- Vanderwagen
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- San Juan County
- County Website: https://www.sjcounty.net/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Twin Lakes ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes.
- Naschitti
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Naschitti is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naschitti
- Crystal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Crystal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
- Shillingburg ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Shillingburg is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillingburg
- Sheep Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Apache County
- County Website: https://www.apachecountyaz.gov/
- County Seat for Apache: Saint Johns (AZ)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Twin Lakes ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Twin Lakes.
- Window Rock
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Bonita Trading Post
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bonita Trading Post is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonita Trading Post
- Fort Defiance
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Saint Michaels
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Hunters Point
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hunters Point is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
- Sawmill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sawmill is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawmill
- Oak Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Springs is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Springs
- Lupton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Milkwater
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Milkwater is located in Apache County (AZ)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milkwater
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 from Point A (ie- Twin Lakes) 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. |