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Nearest Communities to Ventero,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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 Ventero.<1>

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

Ventero is located in Taos County.

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Taos County: Conejos (CO), Costilla (CO), Colfax, Mora & Rio Arriba.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 58 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ventero. Of these communities, 37 are located in counties other than Taos 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 Ventero (which is Taos 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 Ventero

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

  • Taos County   (where Ventero resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.taoscounty.org/
    • County Seat for Taos:   Taos
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ventero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ventero.
      • Amalia
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Costilla
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Anchor ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Anchor was located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchor
      • Midnight ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Midnight was located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midnight
      • El Rito
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • El Rito is also located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rito
      • Sunshine
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunshine is also located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
      • La Belle ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • La Belle was located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Belle
      • Sunshine Valley
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Sunshine Valley is also located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine Valley
      • Buena Vista
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Red River
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Cerro
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Moly
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Moly is also located in Taos County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moly
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Questa
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Questa is also located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Questa
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,741 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Questa <3>
        • Lama
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Twining ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Twining was located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining
        • McGreggor Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • McGreggor Place is also located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGreggor Place
        • Taos Ski Valley
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Kiowa Village
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Kiowa Village is also located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa Village
        • Lobo ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Lobo was located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobo
        • San Cristobal
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Antoine Leroux
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Antoine Leroux is also located in Taos County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antoine Leroux
  • Colfax County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.colfax.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Raton
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ventero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ventero.
      • Banning Place
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Banning Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Banning Place
      • McCrystal Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • McCrystal Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCrystal Place
      • Shuree
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Shuree is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuree
      • Ring Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ring Place is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ring Place
      • Hematite ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
        • Hematite was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hematite
      • Moreno ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
        • Moreno was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno
      • Casa Grande
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Casa Grande is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Grande
      • Elizabethtown ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Elizabethtown was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Deep Tunnel ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Deep Tunnel was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Tunnel
      • Val Verde Ski Area
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Val Verde Ski Area is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Val Verde Ski Area
      • Virginia City ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Virginia City was located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virginia City
      • Idlewild
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Conejos County
  • Costilla County
  • Las Animas County
    • County Website:   https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/
    • County Seat for Las Animas:   Trinidad (CO)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ventero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ventero.
      • Torres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Torres is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torres
      • Tercio
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Tercio is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tercio
      • Stonewall Gap
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Stonewall Gap is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall Gap
      • Stonewall
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Stonewall is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
      • Monument Park
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Parras Plaza
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Parras Plaza is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parras Plaza
      • Vigil
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Vigil is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vigil
      • Zamara
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Zamara is located in Las Animas County (CO)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zamara

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- Ventero) 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.