Nearest Communities to La Sal Junction,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to La Sal Junction, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for La Sal Junction:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.
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.
La Sal Junction is located in San Juan County.
The following 13 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of San Juan County: Apache (AZ), Coconino (AZ), Navajo (AZ), Dolores (CO), Montezuma (CO), Montrose (CO), San Miguel (CO), San Juan (NM), Emery, Garfield, Grand, Kane & Wayne.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of La Sal Junction. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than San Juan County.
After starting with the home county for La Sal Junction (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 La Sal Junction
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- San Juan County (where La Sal Junction resides)
- County Website: https://sanjuancountyut.gov/
- County Seat for San Juan: Monticello
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Sal Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Sal Junction.
- La Sal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spanish Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Spanish Valley is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spanish Valley
- La Sal ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- La Sal is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Sal
- Former name for La Sal:
- Coyote
- La Sal has also been known as:
- Old La Sal
- Home of Truth ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Home of Truth is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home of Truth
- Carlisle ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Carlisle is located in San Juan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlisle
- Monticello
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Grand County
- County Website: https://www.grandcountyutah.net/
- County Seat for Grand: Moab
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Sal Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Sal Junction.
- Plainfield ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Plainfield is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
- Plainfield has also been known as:
- Bueno
- Poverty Flat
- Poverty Flats
- Spanish Valley
- Wilson's Mesa ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Wilson's Mesa is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson's Mesa
- Wilson's Mesa has also been known as:
- Mesa
- Basin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Basin is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Basin
- Moab
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Moab is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,373 people
- Former names for Moab:
- Grand Valley
- Mormon Fort
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moab <2>
- Castleton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Castleton is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castleton
- Castle Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Castle Valley is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 351 people
- Richardson ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Richardson is located in Grand County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Montrose County
- County Website: https://www.montrosecounty.net/
- County Seat for Montrose: Montrose (CO)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to La Sal Junction ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from La Sal Junction.
- Paradox
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Bedrock
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
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 from Point A (ie- La Sal Junction) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |