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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 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.

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 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Endee have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endee
        • Endee is located in Quay County
      • Bard ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
        • Bard is located in Quay County
      • Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Quay County
      • Glenrio ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenrio have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
        • Glenrio is located in Quay County
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenrio <5>
      • San Jon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Wheatland
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wheatland have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
        • Wheatland is located in Quay County
      • Porter
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Porter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
        • Porter is located in Quay County
      • Rain Place
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rain Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Place
        • Rain Place is located in Quay County
      • Norton
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
        • Norton is located in Quay County
      • Puerto ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Puerto have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto
        • Puerto is located in Quay County
      • Cummings Place
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Place
        • Cummings Place is located in Quay County
      • Plain ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
        • Plain is located in Quay County
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Lesbia ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lesbia have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesbia
          • Lesbia is located in Quay County
        • Anniston ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anniston have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
          • Anniston is located in Quay County
        • Woods Place
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
          • Woods Place is located in Quay County
        • Hudson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hudson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
          • Hudson is located in Quay County
        • Logan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Bunk Clay Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunk Clay Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunk Clay Place
          • Bunk Clay Place is located in Quay County
        • Hendricks Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hendricks Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Place
          • Hendricks Place is located in Quay County
        • Forrest
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Forrest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
          • Forrest is located in Quay County
  • Curry County
    • County Website:   www.currycounty.org/
    • 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)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
        • Bellview is located in Curry County
      • Broadview
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hollene ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollene
        • Hollene is located in Curry County
      • Grady
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Claud
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claud have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claud
        • Claud is located in Curry County
  • Deaf Smith County
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glenrio have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
        • Glenrio is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
      • Walcott
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walcott have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
        • Walcott is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
      • Bootleg
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bootleg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bootleg
        • Bootleg is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
      • Simms
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Simms have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simms
        • Simms is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
      • La Plata ‑ Historic
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for La Plata. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
        • La Plata is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
  • Oldham County
    • 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)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
        • Boise is located in Oldham County (TX)
      • Gruhlkey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gruhlkey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruhlkey
        • Gruhlkey is located in Oldham County (TX)
  • Parmer County

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Allen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Allen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0123, Longitude: -103.1386       In this case, the coordinates for Allen 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 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.
<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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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