Nearest Communities to Four Forks,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Four Forks, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Four Forks:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.
Keep in mind 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.
Four Forks is located in Eddy County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eddy County: Chaves, Lea, Otero, Culberson (TX), Loving (TX) & Reeves (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 31 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Four Forks. Of these communities, 1 are located in counties other than Eddy 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 Four Forks (which is Eddy 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 Four Forks
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Eddy County (where Four Forks resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.eddy.nm.us/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Four Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Four Forks.
- West Carlsbad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
- Barber Crossing
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
- Carlsbad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- San Jose
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- San Jose is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
- Hagerman Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
- La Huerta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- La Huerta is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
- Former name for La Huerta:
- Carlsbad North
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Avalon is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Otis ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Seven Rivers
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
- Whites City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Black River Village
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Black River Village is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
- Harkey Crossing
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Harkey Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkey Crossing
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Loving
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Knowles Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
- Lookout Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lookout is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Frontier Post
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Frontier Post is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Post
- Harroun Crossing
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
- Malaga
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Four Wells
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Four Wells is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Wells
- Dayton ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dayton is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Illinois Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Illinois Camp is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Camp
- Three Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Three Forks is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
- Atoka
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Atoka is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Queen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Queen is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen
- Red Bluff
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Old Horner Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Old Horner Place is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Horner Place
- Riverside
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Rock House Crossing
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
- Culberson County
- County Website: https://www.co.culberson.tx.us/
- County Seat for Culberson: Van Horn (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Four Forks ...
- State Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- State Line is located in Culberson County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
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- Four Forks) 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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