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Nearest Communities to Borica,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

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


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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Guadalupe County: DeBaca, Lincoln, Quay, San Miguel & Torrance.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Borica. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Guadalupe 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 Borica (which is Guadalupe 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 Borica

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

  • Guadalupe County   (where Borica resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.guadalupecountynm.org/
    • County Seat for Guadalupe:   Santa Rosa
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Borica   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Borica.
      • Los Ojitos
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Los Ojitos is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojitos
      • Puerto De Luna
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
        • Puerto De Luna is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Puerto De Luna
      • Agua Negra ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
        • Agua Negra is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Negra
      • Arabella
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Arabella is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabella
      • Santa Rosa
        (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Pastura
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
        • Pastura is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
      • Los Tanos
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
        • Los Tanos is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Tanos
      • Alamo ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Alamo is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamo
      • San Ignacio ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • San Ignacio is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
      • Jose Perea
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
        • Jose Perea is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jose Perea
      • Joffre
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Joffre is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joffre
      • Double Mills
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Double Mills is located in Guadalupe County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mills
      • Continue List   (5 more) ...
        • Pintada ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Pintada is located in Guadalupe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pintada
        • Leoncito
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
          • Leoncito is located in Guadalupe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leoncito
        • Cuervo
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Vegas Junction
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Vegas Junction is located in Guadalupe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vegas Junction
        • Tony
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Tony is located in Guadalupe County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tony
  • DeBaca County
    • County Website:   https://debaca.nmgenweb.us/
    • County Seat for DeBaca:   Fort Sumner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Borica   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Borica.
      • Salado
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Salado is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
      • Lake Sumner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
        • Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
      • Guadalupe
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Guadalupe is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
      • Largo
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
        • Largo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
      • Yeso
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Cardenas
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Cardenas is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cardenas
      • Buchanan ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Buchanan is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
      • Evanola
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Evanola is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanola
      • Ricardo ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Ricardo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
      • Fort Sumner
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Agudo ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Agudo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agudo

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 from Point A (ie- Borica) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Borica, 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.
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