Nearest Communities to Vista,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vista, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vista:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 from Vista.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Vista is located in Grant County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Greenlee (AZ), Catron, Hidalgo, Luna & Sierra.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vista. Of these communities, 29 are located in counties other than Grant 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 Vista (which is Grant 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 Vista
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Grant County (where Vista resides)
- County Website: https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Grant: Silver City
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vista.
- Old Hachita ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Hachita is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hachita
- Pothook
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Pothook is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pothook
- Minero
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Minero is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minero
- Hachita ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hachita is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hachita
- Brockman
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Brockman is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockman
- Separ
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Separ is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
- Guess Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Guess Place is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guess Place
- Wilna
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wilna is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilna
- Hidalgo County
- County Website: https://hidalgocounty.org/
- County Seat for Hidalgo: Lordsburg
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vista.
- Playas ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Playas is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Playas
- White Place
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- White Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Place
- Windmill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
- Antelope
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Antelope is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antelope
- Mitchell Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Place
- Animas
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lisbon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Lisbon is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon
- Upshaw Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upshaw Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw Place
- Gibson Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gibson Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibson Place
- Jim Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Jim Robinson is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jim Robinson
- Yarbrough Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Yarbrough Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarbrough Place
- Leitendorf ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Leitendorf is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leitendorf
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Ulmoris
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ulmoris is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulmoris
- Spears
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Spears is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spears
- Cotton City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
- Bene Dunagan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bene Dunagan is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bene Dunagan
- Double Adobes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Double Adobes is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Adobes
- Eakins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Eakins is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eakins
- Lordsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shakespeare ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
- Former name for Shakespeare:
- Ralston City
- Valedon ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Valedon is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valedon
- Joe Yarbrough
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Joe Yarbrough is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joe Yarbrough
- Middle Wells
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Middle Wells is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middle Wells
- Rock Cabin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Cabin is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Cabin
- Mouser Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Mouser Place is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mouser Place
- Luna County
- County Website: https://lunacountynm.us/
- County Seat for Luna: Deming
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vista ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vista.
- Cedar Grove ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Cedar Grove is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
- Eller Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Eller Place is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eller Place
- Gage
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gage is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gage
- Hermanas ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Hermanas is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermanas
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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Vista) 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. |
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