Nearest Communities to Allen,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Allen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Allen:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Allen.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Allen is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Quay County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Quay County: Curry, Guadalupe, Harding, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Union, Deaf Smith (TX), Hartley (TX) & Oldham (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 33 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Allen. Of these communities, 13 are located in counties other than Quay 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 Allen (which is Quay 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 Allen
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Quay County (where Allen resides)
- County Website: https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/
- County Seat for Quay: Tucumcari
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Allen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Allen.
- Endee ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Endee is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endee
- Bard
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bard is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Glenrio ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- San Jon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Wheatland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Wheatland is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
- Porter
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Porter is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
- Rain Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rain Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Place
- Norton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Norton is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
- Puerto ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Puerto is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto
- Cummings Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Cummings Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Place
- Plain ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Plain is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Lesbia ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lesbia is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesbia
- Anniston ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Anniston is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
- Woods Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Woods Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
- Hudson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hudson is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Logan
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bunk Clay Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bunk Clay Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunk Clay Place
- Hendricks Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hendricks Place is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Place
- Forrest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Forrest is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
- Curry County
- County Website: https://www.currycountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Allen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Allen.
- Bellview
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bellview is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Broadview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Hollene ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Hollene is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollene
- Grady
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Claud
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Claud is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
- Deaf Smith County
- County Website: https://www.co.deaf-smith.tx.us/
- County Seat for Deaf Smith: Hereford (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Allen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Allen.
- Glenrio ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Glenrio is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
- Walcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Walcott is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Bootleg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bootleg is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootleg
- Simms
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Simms is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
- La Plata ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
- Oldham County
- County Website: https://www.co.oldham.tx.us/
- County Seat for Oldham: Vega (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Allen ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Allen.
- Boise ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Boise is located in Oldham County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
- Gruhlkey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Gruhlkey is located in Oldham County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruhlkey
- Parmer County
- County Website: https://parmercounty.texas.gov/
- County Seat for Parmer: Farwell (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Allen ...
- Rhea
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rhea is located in Parmer County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhea
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Allen) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <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 Allen, 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. |
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