Nearest Communities to Elephant Butte,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elephant Butte, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elephant Butte:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors 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 from Elephant Butte.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elephant Butte. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Sierra 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 Elephant Butte (which is Sierra 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 Elephant Butte
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Sierra County (where Elephant Butte resides)
- County Website: https://www.sierraco.org/
- County Seat for Sierra: Truth or Consequences
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Elephant Butte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elephant Butte.
- Elephant Butte Estates
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Hot Springs Landing
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
- Rock Canyon
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
- Truth or Consequences
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Williamsburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuchillo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
- Las Palomas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Las Palomas is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
- Engle ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Engle is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
- Jornada ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Jornada is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jornada
- Caballo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cutter ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cutter is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
- Crocker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Crocker is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Garcia Place
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Garcia Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
- Placitas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Placitas is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
- Oasis
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Oasis is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
- Monticello ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Monticello is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
- La Petra
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- La Petra is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petra
- Chaves Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
- Chise
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Chise is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chise
- Arrey
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jewkes Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
- Upham
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Upham is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upham
- Francisco Rascon Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Winston
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Winston is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
- Alivio
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Alivio is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alivio
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Derry ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Derry is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
- Chloride ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Chloride is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chloride
- Rouse Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rouse Place is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rouse Place
- Hermosa ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Hermosa is located in Sierra County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
- Dona Ana County
- Socorro County
- County Website: https://www.socorrocounty.net/
- County Seat for Socorro: Socorro
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Elephant Butte ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elephant Butte.
- Lava
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lava is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
- Paraje ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Paraje is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraje
- Hard Luck Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hard Luck Crossing is located in Socorro County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hard Luck Crossing
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- Elephant Butte) 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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