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 northeast 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 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 east 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.
Please note 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 Website: https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
- County Seat for Colfax: Raton
- Genealogy Websites ...
- 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)
- Koehler is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Koehler
- Hebron
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hebron is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
- Dillon
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Dillon is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
- Gardiner ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Gardiner is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gardiner
- Raton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Brilliant ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brilliant is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
- Schomberg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Schomberg is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schomberg
- Keota
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Keota is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keota
- Carisbrook
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Carisbrook is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carisbrook
- Tinaja
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Tinaja is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
- Sugarite ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sugarite is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarite
- Capitan Hill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Capitan Hill is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan Hill
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Dawson ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Dawson is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dawson
- Lauretta ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lauretta is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauretta
- Yankee ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Yankee is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee
- Colfax ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Colfax is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
- Maxwell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- French
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- French is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for French
- Casa Grande
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
- Kiowa ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Kiowa is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
- Six Mile Gate
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Six Mile Gate is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Six Mile Gate
- Toril
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Toril is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toril
- Cimarron
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- McDaniel Cimarron Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Springer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Chico ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chico is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
- Urraca Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Urraca Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urraca Place
- Ring Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Ring Place is located in Colfax County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
- Las Animas County
- County Website: https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
- County Seat for Las Animas: Trinidad (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Van Houten ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Van Houten.
- Wootton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wootton is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
- Morley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Morley is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
- Starkville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Madrid ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Madrid is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
- Piedmont ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Piedmont is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
- Saint Thomas ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Saint Thomas is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Thomas
- Sopris ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sopris is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
- Tijeras
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Tijeras is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tijeras
- Viola
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Viola is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viola
- San Miguel ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- Cokedale
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Cokedale is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Jansen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jansen is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jansen
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Segundo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sequndo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sequndo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequndo
- Sopris Plaza ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sopris Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris Plaza
- Valdez
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Valdez is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
- Engleville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Engleville is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
- Sarcillo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sarcillo is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarcillo
- Velasquez Plaza
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Velasquez Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velasquez Plaza
- Primero ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Primero is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primero
- Trinidad
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Medina Plaza
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Medina Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina Plaza
- Barela
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Barela is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barela
- Cordova Plaza
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cordova Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordova Plaza
- Abeyta
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Abeyta is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abeyta
- Weston
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Tercio
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tercio is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tercio
- Beshoar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Beshoar is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beshoar
- Boncarbo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- El Moro
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- El Moro is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
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 from Point A (ie- Van Houten) 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 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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |