Nearest Communities to Vaughn,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vaughn, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vaughn:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Vaughn.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vaughn is located in Guadalupe County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Guadalupe County: DeBaca, Lincoln, Quay, San Miguel & Torrance.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vaughn. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than Guadalupe 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 Vaughn (which is Guadalupe 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 Vaughn
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Guadalupe County (where Vaughn resides)
- County Seat for Guadalupe: Santa Rosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Nearest Communities to Vaughn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vaughn.
- Tony
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast) - Tejon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west) - Leoncito
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Joffre
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Sombrio ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Pastura
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
- Pastura is located in Guadalupe County
- Pintada ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north) - Milagro
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - San Ignacio ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ignacio have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
- San Ignacio is located in Guadalupe County
- Vegas Junction
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vegas Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas Junction
- Vegas Junction is located in Guadalupe County
- Arabella
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- DeBaca County
- County Seat for DeBaca: Fort Sumner
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- Nearest Communities to Vaughn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vaughn.
- Cardenas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east) - Buchanan ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Largo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Lincoln County
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lincoln County
- Nearest Communities to Vaughn ...
- Torrance County
- County Website: www.torrancecountynm.org/
- County Seat for Torrance: Estancia
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Torrance County
- Nearest Communities to Vaughn ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vaughn.
- Carnero
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Duran ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest) - Encino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encino
- Encino is located in Torrance County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Encino <4>
- Derramadero
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Derramadero have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derramadero
- Derramadero is located in Torrance County
- Negra
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west) - Torrance
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest) - Pedernal
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - North Lucy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Lucy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lucy
- North Lucy is located in Torrance County
- Varney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Dummoor
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Palma
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Vaughn) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Vaughn. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.6017, Longitude: -105.2052 |
| <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. |