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Nearest Communities to Black River Village,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and 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.<1>

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


Black River Village 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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Black River Village. Of these communities, 4 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 Black River Village (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 Black River Village

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

  • Eddy County   (where Black River Village resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.eddy.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Eddy:   Carlsbad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Black River Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Black River Village.
      • Harkey Crossing
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Harkey Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkey Crossing
      • Lookout Crossing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
      • Whites City
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Lookout ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Lookout is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
      • Malaga
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Loving
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Otis ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Otis is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Harroun Crossing
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
      • Hagerman Heights
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
      • San Jose
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • San Jose is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
      • Four Forks
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Four Forks is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
      • Carlsbad
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
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        • West Carlsbad
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
          • West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
        • Red Bluff
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
          • Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
        • Pierce Canyon Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • La Huerta
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • La Huerta is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
          • Former name for La Huerta:
          • Carlsbad North
        • Rock House Crossing
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
        • Avalon
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Avalon is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
        • Barber Crossing
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
        • Seven Rivers
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
        • Queen ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Queen is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
        • Four Wells
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Four Wells is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Wells
  • Culberson County
  • Reeves County
    • County Website:   https://www.reevescounty.org/
    • County Seat for Reeves:   Pecos (TX)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Black River Village   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Black River Village.
      • Robinson Arms Landing
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
      • Angeles
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Angeles is located in Reeves County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angeles
      • Red Bluff
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Red Bluff is located in Reeves County (TX)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff

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- Black River Village) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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.
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