Nearest Communities to Bethel,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Bethel, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Bethel:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Bethel.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Bethel 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 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bethel. Of these communities, 14 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 Bethel (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 Bethel
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Roosevelt County (where Bethel resides)
- County Website: www.rooseveltcounty.com/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Portales
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- Nearest Communities to Bethel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
- Floyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- 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>
- Portales
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- 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>
- Tinsley Crossing
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- 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
- Yerba
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Delphos ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Upton ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Midway
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east) - Cameo ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Eiland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast) - Kermit ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest) - Ingram ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Benson ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the west) - Continue List (13 more) ...
- Arch ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east) - Red Lake ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Dora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Dora is located in Roosevelt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <5>
- Rogers ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Elida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- 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>
- Krider ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest) - Longs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast) - Inez ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Tornero
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Pep ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south) - Tolar ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest) - Garrison ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast) - Richland ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Arch ‑ Historic
- Curry County
- County Website: www.currycounty.org/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- Nearest Communities to Bethel ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Bethel.
- Grier ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north) - Saint Vrain
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrain
- Saint Vrain is located in Curry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Vrain <5>
- Gallaher
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Portair
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Melrose
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Clovis
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovis
- Clovis is located in Curry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38,091 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clovis <5>
- Ranchvale ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast) - Cantara
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest) - Texico
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texico
- Texico is located in Curry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,062 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texico <5>
- Field
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Weber City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weber City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Weber City is located in Curry County
- Claud
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast) - Pleasant Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Curry County
- Parmer County
- County Seat for Parmer: Farwell (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Parmer County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Parmer County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Parmer County
- Nearest Communities to Bethel ...
- Farwell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
- Farwell is located in Parmer County (TX)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farwell <5>
- Farwell
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 from Point A (ie- Bethel) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bethel. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.2287, Longitude: -103.4747 In this case, the coordinates for Bethel 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 Bethel, 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. |
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