Brilliant, New Mexico

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While our information shows that the community of Brilliant is historic,^<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Brilliant, we'll be sure to add our findings.

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Trinidad (CO). It is located about 15 miles [24 km] to the north of where Brilliant would have been located and has a population of 9,078 people.^<2>

The next largest community is Raton. It lies just southeast of Brilliant and has a population of 7,282 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Aguilar (CO)	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	570	3.88% decrease
	Branson (CO)	E	36 mi [57.9 km]	77	---
	Cokedale (CO)	N	13 mi [20.92 km]	134	3.6% decrease
	La Veta (CO)	NW	46 mi [74 km]	882	4.55% decrease
	Starkville (CO)	N	11 mi [17.7 km]	128	---
	Walsenburg (CO)	N	48 mi [77.2 km]	3,830	8.42% decrease
	Cimarron	SW	37 mi [59.5 km]	816	11.01% decrease
	Des Moines	E	40 mi [64.4 km]	162	8.47% decrease
	Eagle Nest	SW	48 mi [77.2 km]	299	2.29% decrease
	Folsom	E	34 mi [54.7 km]	66	12% decrease
	Maxwell	S	28 mi [45.06 km]	249	9.12% decrease
	Springer	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	1,146	10.82% decrease

Colfax County

Brilliant would have been located within present day Colfax County.

Below are counties that are near Brilliant (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Brilliant:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Brilliant
	Huerfano County (CO)	N	Lester (CO)	38 miles [61 km]
	Las Animas County (CO)	NE	Wootton (CO)	3 miles [4 km]
	Union County	SE	Capulin	33 miles [53 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Brilliant no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Trinidad (CO). It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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