Nearest Communities to White Rock,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to White Rock, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for White Rock:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of White Rock is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day San Juan County.
The following 8 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Archuleta (CO), La Plata (CO), Montezuma (CO), McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & San Juan (UT).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 13 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of White Rock. Of these communities, 6 are located in counties other than San Juan 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 White Rock (which is San Juan 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 White Rock
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Juan County (where White Rock resides)
- County Website: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/
- County Seat for San Juan: Aztec
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- San Juan County
- Nearest Communities to White Rock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from White Rock.
- Lake Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
- Lake Valley is located in San Juan County
- Tsaya
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Naschitti
(23 miles [37 km] to the west) - Kimbeto
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Sheep Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheep Springs
- Sheep Springs is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheep Springs <5>
- Shillingburg ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shillingburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shillingburg
- Shillingburg is located in San Juan County
- Newcomb
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Newcomb have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newcomb
- Newcomb is located in San Juan County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newcomb <5>
- McKinley County
- County Website: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/
- County Seat for McKinley: Gallup
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- McKinley County
- Nearest Communities to White Rock ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from White Rock.
- Standing Rock
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Standing Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Standing Rock is located in McKinley County
- Buffalo Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Buffalo Springs is located in McKinley County
- Seven Lakes
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Lakes
- Seven Lakes is located in McKinley County
- Crownpoint
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crownpoint
- Crownpoint is located in McKinley County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crownpoint <5>
- Coyote Canyon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coyote Canyon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote Canyon
- Coyote Canyon is located in McKinley County
- Brimhall Nizhoni
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimhall Nizhoni have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
- Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
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- White Rock) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in White Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.0876, Longitude: -108.2706 In this case, the coordinates for White Rock 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 White Rock, 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. |