Nearest Communities to Van Houten,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Van Houten, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Van Houten:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Van Houten 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 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Van Houten. Of these communities, 30 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 Van Houten (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 Van Houten
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Colfax County (where Van Houten resides)
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Colfax County
- Nearest Communities to Van Houten ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Van Houten.
- Koehler ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast) - Dillon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Gardiner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Raton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
- Raton is located in Colfax County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raton <5>
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Brilliant is located in Colfax County
- Schomberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Keota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Carisbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carisbrook have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Tinaja
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast) - Sugarite ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast) - Capitan Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capitan Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dawson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Dawson is located in Colfax County
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Yankee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Colfax ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest) - Maxwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
- Maxwell is located in Colfax County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <5>
- French
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Casa Grande
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Grande have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
- Kiowa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Six Mile Gate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Six Mile Gate have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Gate
- Six Mile Gate is located in Colfax County
- Toril
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Cimarron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cimarron
- Cimarron is located in Colfax County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cimarron <5>
- McDaniel Cimarron Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDaniel Cimarron Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDaniel Cimarron Place
- McDaniel Cimarron Place is located in Colfax County
- Springer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
- Springer is located in Colfax County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springer <5>
- Chico ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast) - Urraca Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Urraca Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urraca Place
- Urraca Place is located in Colfax County
- Ring Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ring Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
- Ring Place is located in Colfax County
- Dawson ‑ Historic
- Las Animas County
- County Website: www.tlac.net/county/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Family Search:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Colorado
- Las Animas County
- Nearest Communities to Van Houten ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Van Houten.
- Wootton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Morley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north) - Starkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Starkville is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Starkville <5>
- Madrid ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Madrid is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Piedmont ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Saint Thomas is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Sopris ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Tijeras
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Viola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - San Miguel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Cokedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Cokedale is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Jansen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Continue List (18 more) ...
- Segundo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Segundo
- Segundo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Segundo <5>
- Sequndo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sopris Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris Plaza
- Sopris Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Valdez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
- Valdez is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Engleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engleville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
- Engleville is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Sarcillo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Velasquez Plaza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Velasquez Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasquez Plaza
- Velasquez Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Primero ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north) - Trinidad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinidad
- Trinidad is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,127 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinidad <5>
- Medina Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medina Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Plaza
- Medina Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Barela
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Cordova Plaza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cordova Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova Plaza
- Cordova Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Abeyta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
- Weston is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <5>
- Tercio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Beshoar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Boncarbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boncarbo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boncarbo
- Boncarbo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boncarbo <5>
- El Moro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
- El Moro is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Segundo
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- Van Houten) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Van Houten. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.7923, Longitude: -104.5658 In this case, the coordinates for Van Houten have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Van Houten, 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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |