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Nearest Communities to Eagle Hill,
Listed County-By-County

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

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

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Eagle Hill.<1>

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


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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Roosevelt County: Chaves, Curry, Lea, Quay, Bailey (TX) & Cochran (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Eagle Hill. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Roosevelt 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 Eagle Hill (which is Roosevelt 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 Eagle Hill

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

  • Roosevelt County   (where Eagle Hill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Portales
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle Hill.
      • Milnesand
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • New Hope ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • New Hope was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Pep ‑ Historic
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Pep was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pep
      • Richland ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Richland was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
      • Home Place Well
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Home Place Well is also located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Well
      • Bluit ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Bluit was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluit
      • Red Lake ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Red Lake was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
      • Garrison ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Garrison was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
      • Dora
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
        • Dora is also located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <4>
      • Lingo ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Lingo was located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lingo
      • Kenna
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Kenna is also located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
      • Tornero
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Tornero is also located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornero
      • Continue List   (7 more) ...
        • Elida
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Elida is also 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>
        • Longs ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Longs was located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
        • Kermit ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Kermit was located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
        • Causey
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Causey is also located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Causey
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Causey <4>
        • Rogers
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
          • Rogers is also located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Delphos ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
          • Delphos was located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
        • Inez ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Inez was located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Chaves County
    • County Website:   https://www.chavescounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Chaves:   Roswell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Eagle Hill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Eagle Hill.
      • Corner Well
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Corner Well is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
      • Vest Wells
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Vest Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vest Wells
      • Lone Wolf
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Lone Wolf is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Wolf
      • Robertson Wells
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
        • Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
      • Beatty Wells
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
        • Beatty Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Wells
      • Boaz ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Boaz was located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
  • Lea County
  • Cochran County

Footnotes ...

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