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Nearest Communities to Wimsattville,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Wimsattville.<1>

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


Wimsattville 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 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Wimsattville. Of these communities, 8 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 Wimsattville (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 Wimsattville

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

  • Grant County   (where Wimsattville resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.grantcountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Grant:   Silver City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Wimsattville   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Wimsattville.
      • Hanover
        (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
        • Hanover is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Turnerville
        (Less than 2 miles to the south)
        • Turnerville is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnerville
      • Santa Rita ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
        • Santa Rita was located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
      • Ivanhoe ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
        • Ivanhoe was located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivanhoe
      • Fierro
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Fierro is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fierro
      • Union Hill
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
        • Union Hill is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hill
      • Cobre
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Cobre is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
      • Hanover Junction
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Hanover Junction is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover Junction
      • Vanadium
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Vanadium is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
      • Fort Bayard
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Bayard
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Bayard is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayard <3>
      • Central
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Central is also located in Grant County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Continue List   (31 more) ...
        • Santa Clara
          (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
          • Santa Clara is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
        • Arenas Valley
          (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
          • Arenas Valley is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
        • Mimbres
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • North Hurley
          (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
          • North Hurley is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hurley
        • Hurley
          (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
          • Hurley is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <3>
        • Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
          • Pinos Altos was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
        • San Lorenzo ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
          • San Lorenzo was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lorenzo
        • Newton ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Newton was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
        • San Juan
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
          • San Juan is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
        • Masons Mill ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Masons Mill was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Mill
        • Redstone
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Redstone is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
        • Big Mill
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Big Mill is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Mill
        • Silver Acres
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Silver Acres is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Acres
        • Little Walnut Village
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
          • Little Walnut Village is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
        • Silver City
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Sherman ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Sherman was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman
        • Tyrone ‑ Historic
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Tyrone was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyrone
        • Whitewater
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
          • Whitewater is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
        • Faywood ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Faywood was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Faywood
        • Dwyer ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Dwyer was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwyer
        • Bloodgood Place
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Bloodgood Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloodgood Place
        • Oak Grove ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Oak Grove was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
        • White Signal
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
          • White Signal is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Signal
        • Rastus Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Rastus Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rastus Place
        • Mangas Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
          • Mangas Springs is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mangas Springs
        • Alhambra ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Alhambra was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
        • Black Hawk ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Black Hawk was located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Hawk
        • Gila Hot Springs
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
          • Gila Hot Springs is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gila Hot Springs
        • Edgal Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Edgal Place is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgal Place
        • Gila
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
        • Riverside
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Riverside is also located in Grant County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Luna County
  • San Miguel County
  • Sierra County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Wimsattville) 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.