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Nearest Communities to Plata,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Plata.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Plata is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Presidio County.

The following 2 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Presidio County: Brewster & Jeff Davis.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plata. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Presidio 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 Plata (which is Presidio 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 Plata

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

  • Presidio County   (where Plata resides)
    • County Seat for Presidio:   Marfa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plata.
      • Casa Piedra ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casa Piedra have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casa Piedra
        • Casa Piedra is located in Presidio County
      • Shafter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shafter
        • Shafter is located in Presidio County
      • Tinaja
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinaja have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinaja
        • Tinaja is located in Presidio County
      • Las Pampas
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Pampas have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Pampas
        • Las Pampas is located in Presidio County
        • Las Pampas has also been known as:
        • Las Pampas Colonia
      • Papalote Colorado
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Colorado have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Colorado
        • Papalote Colorado is located in Presidio County
      • Papalote Escondido
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Escondido have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Escondido
        • Papalote Escondido is located in Presidio County
      • Chaffin Place
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chaffin Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaffin Place
        • Chaffin Place is located in Presidio County
      • Nopal
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nopal have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nopal
        • Nopal is located in Presidio County
      • Papalote Seco
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Seco have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Seco
        • Papalote Seco is located in Presidio County
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Fort Leaton ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Leaton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Leaton
          • Fort Leaton is located in Presidio County
        • Loma Pelona
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma Pelona have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Pelona
          • Loma Pelona is located in Presidio County
        • Marfa
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marfa
          • Marfa is located in Presidio County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,591 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marfa <5>
        • Papalote Llano
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Papalote Llano have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Papalote Llano
          • Papalote Llano is located in Presidio County
        • La Junta
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Junta have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Junta
          • La Junta is located in Presidio County
        • Presidio
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brewster County
    • County Seat for Brewster:   Alpine
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Plata   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Plata.
      • Loy Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loy Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loy Place
        • Loy Place is located in Brewster County
      • Sid Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sid Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sid Place
        • Sid Place is located in Brewster County
  • San Patricio 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Plata) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plata. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.8763, Longitude: -104.0177       In this case, the coordinates for Plata 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 Plata, 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.




 

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