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Nearest Communities to Benson,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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 starting from Benson.<1>

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Roosevelt County: Chaves, Curry, Lea, Quay, Bailey (TX) & Cochran (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 23 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Benson. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Roosevelt 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 Benson (which is Roosevelt 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 Benson

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

  • Roosevelt County   (where Benson resides)
    • County Website:   www.rooseveltcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Portales
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benson.
      • Ingram ‑ Historic
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ingram have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
        • Ingram is located in Roosevelt County
      • Upton ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Upton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
        • Upton is located in Roosevelt County
      • Floyd
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
        • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <5>
      • Krider ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Krider have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krider
        • Krider is located in Roosevelt County
      • Kermit ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kermit have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
        • Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
      • Bethel ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Bethel is located in Roosevelt County
      • Tolar ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tolar have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolar
        • Tolar is located in Roosevelt County
      • Delphos ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Delphos have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
        • Delphos is located in Roosevelt County
      • Elida
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
        • Elida is located in Roosevelt County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elida <5>
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Tinsley Crossing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinsley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Crossing
          • Tinsley Crossing is located in Roosevelt County
        • Tornero
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tornero have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornero
          • Tornero is located in Roosevelt County
        • Yerba
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yerba have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerba
          • Yerba is located in Roosevelt County
        • Portales
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
          • Portales is located in Roosevelt County
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,487 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <5>
        • Kenna
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
          • Kenna is located in Roosevelt County
        • Red Lake ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Red Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
          • Red Lake is located in Roosevelt County
  • Chaves County
  • Curry County
    • County Website:   www.currycounty.org/
    • County Seat for Curry:   Clovis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benson.
      • Cantara
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantara have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
        • Cantara is located in Curry County
      • Melrose
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
        • Melrose is located in Curry County
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <5>
      • Saint Vrain
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Grier ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grier have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier
        • Grier is located in Curry County
  • DeBaca County
    • County Seat for DeBaca:   Fort Sumner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Benson   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Benson.
      • Canton ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
        • Canton is located in DeBaca County
      • Taiban
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • La Lande ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Lande have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Lande
        • La Lande is located in DeBaca 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- Benson) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Benson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2004, Longitude: -103.7902       In this case, the coordinates for Benson 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 Benson, 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.




 

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