Nearest Communities to Atoka,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Atoka, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Atoka:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Atoka is located in Eddy County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eddy County: Chaves, Lea, Otero, Culberson (TX), Loving (TX) & Reeves (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Atoka. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Eddy County.
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 Atoka (which is Eddy 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 Atoka
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Eddy County (where Atoka resides)
- County Website: www.caverns.net/ecourt/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Nearest Communities to Atoka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Atoka.
- Dayton ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south) - Artesia
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
- Artesia is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,214 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia <4>
- Frontier Post
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Post have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Post
- Frontier Post is located in Eddy County
- Riverside
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Old Horner Place
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Horner Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Horner Place
- Old Horner Place is located in Eddy County
- Illinois Camp
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Camp
- Illinois Camp is located in Eddy County
- Espuela
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Seven Rivers
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Knowles Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
- Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
- Barber Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
- Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Avalon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Cole Place
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cole Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cole Place
- Cole Place is located in Eddy County
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- Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
- Hope is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 104 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <4>
- Hunter Place
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hunter Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunter Place
- Hunter Place is located in Eddy County
- Loco Hills
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco Hills
- Loco Hills is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco Hills <4>
- West Carlsbad
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
- West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- La Huerta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
- La Huerta is located in Eddy County
- Former name for La Huerta:
- Carlsbad North
- Carlsbad
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
- Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,664 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <4>
- Four Forks
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Four Forks is located in Eddy County
- Hagerman Heights
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagerman Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
- Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
- San Jose
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Hope
- Chaves County
- County Website: www.co.chaves.nm.us/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- Nearest Communities to Atoka ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Atoka.
- Lake Arthur
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arthur
- Lake Arthur is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Arthur <4>
- Mossman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north) - Hagerman
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman
- Hagerman is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerman <4>
- Greenfield ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Chaves County
- Blackdom ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Dexter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dexter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dexter is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <4>
- Higgins Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higgins Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Place
- Higgins Place is located in Chaves County
- Lake Van ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Loving Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loving Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
- Loving Place is located in Chaves County
- South Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mill
- South Mill is located in Chaves 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Atoka) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Atoka. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7696, Longitude: -104.3889 In this case, the coordinates for Atoka have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |