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Nearest Communities to Blazers Mill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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 west 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.


Blazers Mill is located in Otero County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 53 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Blazers Mill. Of these communities, 22 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Blazers Mill (which is Otero 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 Blazers Mill

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

  • Otero County   (where Blazers Mill resides)
    • County Website:   https://co.otero.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Otero:   Alamogordo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blazers Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blazers Mill.
      • Mescalero
        (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Bent
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Carrizo
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Carrizo is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
      • Silver Springs
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Silver Springs is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
      • Apache
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Apache is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
      • Whitetail
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Whitetail is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
      • Cloudcroft
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • High Rolls
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • High Rolls is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
      • Mountain Park
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Mountain Park is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Tularosa
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Alamorosa
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Alamorosa is located in Otero County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
      • La Luz
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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        • Wimsatt
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
          • Wimsatt is located in Otero County
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        • Kearney
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
          • Kearney is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
        • Salinas
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Salinas is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salinas
        • Chippeway Park
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
          • Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
        • Three Rivers
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Three Rivers is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
        • Alamogordo
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Marcia
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
          • Marcia is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
        • Hortonville
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Hortonville is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
        • Omlee
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
          • Omlee is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
        • Sunspot
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
          • Sunspot is located in Otero County
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        • Mayhill
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Boles Acres
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
          • Boles Acres is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
        • Monista ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
          • Monista is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
        • Sacramento
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Weed
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Maxon
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
          • Maxon is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
        • Crisp
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Crisp is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
        • Dog Canyon Estates
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
        • Valmont ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
          • Valmont is located in Otero County
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  • Chaves County
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Blazers Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Blazers Mill.
      • Hollywood
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Hollywood is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
      • Ponderosa Heights
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
      • Alpine Cellars Village
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Ruidoso Downs
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ruidoso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Sierra Vista
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Sierra Vista is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
      • Sun Valley
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Sun Valley is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
      • Villa Madonna
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
        • Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
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      • Alto
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bonito
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Bonito is located in Lincoln County
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      • Angus ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • Angus is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Glencoe
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Cora Crew
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Cora Crew is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora Crew
        • Kimmons
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Kimmons is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons
        • Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
        • Oscura
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Oscura is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscura
        • Nogal
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
        • Capitan
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Coalora ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Coalora is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalora
        • Polly
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Polly is located in Lincoln County
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        • Roberson Place
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
          • Roberson Place is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Place

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Blazers Mill) 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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