Nearest Communities to Alamo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alamo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alamo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Alamo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Alamo is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Guadalupe County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Guadalupe County: DeBaca, Lincoln, Quay, San Miguel & Torrance.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 25 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alamo. Of these communities, 14 are located in counties other than Guadalupe 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 Alamo (which is Guadalupe 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 Alamo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Guadalupe County (where Alamo resides)
- County Seat for Guadalupe: Santa Rosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Nearest Communities to Alamo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alamo.
- Los Ojitos
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Los Ojitos have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojitos
- Los Ojitos is located in Guadalupe County
- Newkirk
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
- Newkirk is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newkirk <5>
- Cuervo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuervo
- Cuervo is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuervo <5>
- Los Tanos
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest) - Puerto De Luna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puerto De Luna have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto De Luna
- Puerto De Luna is located in Guadalupe County
- Double Mills
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mills
- Double Mills is located in Guadalupe County
- Borica ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Agua Negra ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agua Negra have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Negra
- Agua Negra is located in Guadalupe County
- Jose Perea
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jose Perea have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jose Perea
- Jose Perea is located in Guadalupe County
- Santa Rosa
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
- Santa Rosa is located in Guadalupe County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,625 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Rosa <5>
- Arabella
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- DeBaca County
- County Seat for DeBaca: Fort Sumner
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- Nearest Communities to Alamo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alamo.
- Lake Sumner
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
- Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
- Salado
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Guadalupe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south) - Fort Sumner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sumner
- Fort Sumner is located in DeBaca County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 854 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Sumner <5>
- La Lande ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Agudo ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Quay County
- County Seat for Quay: Tucumcari
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- Nearest Communities to Alamo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alamo.
- Hassell
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Montoya ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - House
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- House is located in Quay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for House <5>
- Palomas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - McAlister
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlister
- McAlister is located in Quay County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAlister <5>
- Quay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east) - Ragland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Ragland is located in Quay County
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Alamo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alamo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8376, Longitude: -104.2780 In this case, the coordinates for Alamo 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 Alamo, 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. |