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Nearest Communities to Canton,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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.

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

The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of DeBaca County: Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Quay & Roosevelt.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 22 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Canton. Of these communities, 15 are located in counties other than DeBaca 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 Canton (which is DeBaca 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 Canton

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

  • DeBaca County   (where Canton resides)
    • County Website:   https://debaca.nmgenweb.us/
    • County Seat for DeBaca:   Fort Sumner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
      • Taiban
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • La Lande ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • La Lande is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Lande
      • Agudo ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Agudo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agudo
      • Fort Sumner
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Ricardo ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Ricardo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
      • Evanola
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Evanola is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evanola
      • Dunlap ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Dunlap is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
  • Chaves County
  • Curry County
  • Quay County
  • Roosevelt County
    • County Website:   https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Portales
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Canton   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Canton.
      • Benson ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
        • Benson is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
      • Ingram ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Ingram is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Tolar ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
        • Tolar is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolar
      • Krider ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Krider is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krider
      • Upton ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Upton is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • Floyd
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <4>
      • Elida
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Elida is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elida <4>
      • Kenna
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kenna is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
      • Kermit ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
      • Tornero
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Tornero is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornero

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- Canton) 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 Canton, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.