Nearest Communities to Dunes,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Dunes, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Dunes:
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 from Dunes.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Dunes 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 29 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Dunes.
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 Dunes (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 Dunes
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Dunes resides)
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Dunes ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Dunes.
- Escondida Crossing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Valmont ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Valmont is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Dog Canyon Estates
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
- Boles Acres
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Paxton Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Paxton Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Crossing
- Monista ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Monista is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
- Omlee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Omlee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
- Point of Sands
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Point of Sands is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Sands
- Sunspot
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Old Wright Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Alamogordo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Turquoise
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Turquoise is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turquoise
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Timberon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Marcia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Marcia is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
- Orogrande
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Crisp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Crisp is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Kearney
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- La Luz
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- High Rolls
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Maxon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Maxon is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
- Mountain Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Alamorosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- Chippeway Park
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Cloudcroft
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sacramento
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Elwood
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Elwood is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elwood
- Tularosa
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Wimsatt
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsatt
- Weed
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
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- Dunes) 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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