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Nearest Communities to Capitan,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small village in the southwest 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 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 starting from Capitan.<1>

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

Capitan 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 Capitan. Of these communities, 5 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 Capitan (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 Capitan

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

  • Lincoln County   (where Capitan resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Capitan   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Capitan.
      • Coalora ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Coalora is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalora
      • Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Double Crossing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Double Crossing is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Crossing
      • Nogal
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Vera Cruz ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Vera Cruz is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
      • Angus ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Angus is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
      • Encinoso ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Encinoso is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinoso
      • Bonito
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lincoln
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Alto
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sierra Vista
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Continue List   (32 more) ...
        • Sun Valley
          (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Baca ‑ Historic
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
          • Baca is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baca
        • Villa Madonna
          (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Madonna
        • Ruidoso
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
        • Alpine Cellars Village
          (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Ruidoso Downs
          (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
        • Manchester ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Manchester is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
        • Hollywood
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
        • Ponderosa Heights
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
          • Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
        • White Oaks ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
          • White Oaks is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oaks
        • San Patricio
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Reventon
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
          • Reventon is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reventon
        • Carrizozo
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Escondido ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Escondido is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
        • Pine Lodge
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
          • Pine Lodge is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
        • Ramsdale Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Ramsdale Place is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdale Place
        • Robsart
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Robsart is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robsart
        • Hondo
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Bluewater
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Jicarilla ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Jicarilla is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jicarilla
        • Polly
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Polly is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
        • Arabela
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Coyote
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Coyote is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
        • Tinnie
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
        • Kimmons
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Kimmons is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons
        • Cora Crew
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Cora Crew is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora Crew
        • Largo
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Largo is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
        • Ancho ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Ancho is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancho
        • Picacho
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
        • Oscura
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Oscura is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscura
        • Cooper
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Cooper is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
        • Luna
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Luna is located in Lincoln County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Otero County

Footnotes ...

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