Nearest Communities to Elida,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elida, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elida:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small town in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Elida is located in 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 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elida. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Roosevelt 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 Elida (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 Elida
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Roosevelt County (where Elida resides)
- County Website: www.rooseveltcounty.com/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Portales
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- Nearest Communities to Elida ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elida.
- Kermit ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Tornero
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Kenna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
- Kenna is located in Roosevelt County
- Red Lake ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Delphos ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Ingram ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Home Place Well
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Home Place Well have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Well
- Home Place Well is located in Roosevelt County
- Upton ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north) - Dora
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
- Dora is located in Roosevelt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <4>
- Tinsley Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tinsley Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Crossing
- Tinsley Crossing is located in Roosevelt County
- Pep ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Floyd
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
- Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <4>
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Benson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest) - New Hope ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Yerba
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Bethel ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Eagle Hill ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
- Eagle Hill is located in Roosevelt County
- Richland ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Portales
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
- Portales is located in Roosevelt County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <4>
- Rogers ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east) - Longs ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east) - Garrison ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Milnesand
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesand
- Milnesand is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnesand <4>
- Eiland ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Inez ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Benson ‑ Historic
- Chaves County
- County Website: www.co.chaves.nm.us/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- Nearest Communities to Elida ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elida.
- Corner Well
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Well have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
- Corner Well is located in Chaves County
- Lone Wolf
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest) - Vest Wells
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vest Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vest Wells
- Vest Wells is located in Chaves County
- Beatty Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Wells
- Beatty Wells is located in Chaves County
- Robertson Wells
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertson Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
- Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
- Olive
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Boaz ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Elkins ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- DeBaca County
- County Seat for DeBaca: Fort Sumner
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- DeBaca County
- Nearest Communities to Elida ...
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- Elida) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elida. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9449, Longitude: -103.6537 |
| <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. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |