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Nearest Communities to Bonito,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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

Bonito is located in Lincoln County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Chaves, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Otero, Sierra, Socorro & Torrance.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Bonito. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Bonito (which is Lincoln 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 Bonito

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Bonito resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Bonito   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Bonito.
      • Angus ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
        • Angus is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Sierra Vista
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
      • Villa Madonna
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Madonna
      • Sun Valley
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Alto
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Alpine Cellars Village
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Ruidoso
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Nogal
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Ponderosa Heights
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
        • Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
      • Hollywood
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Vera Cruz ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Vera Cruz is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
      • Capitan
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Continue List   (28 more) ...
        • Coalora ‑ Historic
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Coalora is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalora
        • Ruidoso Downs
          (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
        • Glencoe
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Double Crossing
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
          • Double Crossing is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Crossing
        • Carrizozo
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Polly
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Polly is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
        • Lincoln
          (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Manchester ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
          • Manchester is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Cora Crew
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Cora Crew is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora Crew
        • Kimmons
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
          • Kimmons is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons
        • Baca ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
          • Baca is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baca
        • Robsart
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Robsart is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robsart
        • White Oaks ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • White Oaks is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oaks
        • Encinoso ‑ Historic
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Encinoso is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinoso
        • Oscura
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
          • Oscura is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscura
        • San Patricio
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Ramsdale Place
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Ramsdale Place is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdale Place
        • Reventon
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Reventon is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reventon
        • Hondo
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Coyote
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
          • Coyote is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
        • Roberson Place
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Roberson Place is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Place
        • Escondido ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Escondido is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
        • Tinnie
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Jicarilla ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Jicarilla is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jicarilla
        • Pine Lodge
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
          • Pine Lodge is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
        • Lovelace
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Lovelace is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
        • Bluewater
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Otero County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Bonito) 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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