Nearest Communities to Alamogordo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alamogordo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alamogordo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Alamogordo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Alamogordo is located in Otero County and is the County Seat.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alamogordo.
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 Alamogordo (which is Otero 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 Alamogordo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Alamogordo resides)
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Alamogordo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alamogordo.
- Omlee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Omlee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
- Boles Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- La Luz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Monista ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Monista is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
- Alamorosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- High Rolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Mountain Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Dog Canyon Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
- Valmont ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Valmont is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Sunspot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Marcia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Marcia is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
- Continue List (24 more) ...
- Cloudcroft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Tularosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Chippeway Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Dunes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dunes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes
- Point of Sands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Point of Sands is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Sands
- Wimsatt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsatt
- Bent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Escondida Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Blazers Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Mescalero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Crisp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Crisp is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Maxon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Maxon is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
- Timberon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Hortonville is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Sacramento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Salinas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Salinas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salinas
- Silver Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Paxton Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Paxton Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Crossing
- Weed
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Mayhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Old Wright Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Apache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Apache is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
- Three Rivers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Turquoise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Turquoise is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turquoise
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alamogordo) 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. |
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