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Nearest Communities to Ancho,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ancho, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ancho:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from Ancho.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Ancho is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Chaves, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Otero, Sierra, Socorro & Torrance.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ancho. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Ancho (which is Lincoln 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 Ancho

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lincoln County   (where Ancho resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Ancho   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Ancho.
      • Cooper
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Cooper is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
      • Luna
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Luna is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
      • Largo
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Largo is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
      • Jicarilla ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Jicarilla is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jicarilla
      • Tecolote
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
        • Tecolote is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
      • Ramsdale Place
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Ramsdale Place is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdale Place
      • Coyote
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Coyote is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
      • Reventon
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Reventon is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reventon
      • White Oaks ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • White Oaks is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oaks
      • Robsart
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Robsart is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robsart
      • Gallinas
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Gallinas is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallinas
      • Manchester ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Manchester is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Lovelace
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
        • Carrizozo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Encinoso ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Encinoso is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinoso
        • Corona
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
        • Vera Cruz ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
          • Vera Cruz is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
        • Coalora ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Coalora is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalora
        • Nogal
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
        • Polly
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Polly is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
        • Capitan
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Socorro County
  • Torrance County

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 from Point A (ie- Ancho) 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 Ancho, 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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