Nearest Communities to Elwood,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Elwood, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Elwood:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast 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 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Elwood 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 19 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Elwood. Of these communities, 11 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Elwood (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 Elwood
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Elwood resides)
- County Website: www.co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- Nearest Communities to Elwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elwood.
- Orogrande
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orogrande
- Orogrande is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orogrande <3>
- Turquoise
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Alvarado
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Paxton Crossing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paxton Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Crossing
- Paxton Crossing is located in Otero County
- Old Wright Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Wright Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Escondida Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escondida Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Newman
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest) - Dunes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Dona Ana County
- County Website: www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/
- County Seat for Dona Ana: Las Cruces
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Dona Ana County
- Nearest Communities to Elwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elwood.
- White Sands
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- White Sands is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Sands <3>
- Chaparral
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Chapparal
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest) - Boyd
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Modoc ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Organ ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Organ
- Organ is located in Dona Ana County
- El Paso County
- County Website: www.epcounty.com/
- County Seat for El Paso: El Paso (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- El Paso County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- El Paso County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- El Paso County
- Nearest Communities to Elwood ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Elwood.
- Newman
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest) - Paso del Rey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paso del Rey have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paso del Rey
- Paso del Rey is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Paso del Rey has also been known as:
- Paso del Rey Colonia
- Paso View West
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paso View West have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paso View West
- Paso View West is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Paso View West has also been known as:
- Paso View West Colonia
- Homestead Meadows North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Meadows North
- Homestead Meadows North is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Paso View
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Elwood) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Elwood. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.2937, Longitude: -106.1372 In this case, the coordinates for Elwood have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |