Nearest Communities to Halfway,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Halfway, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Halfway:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Halfway.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Halfway is located in Lea County.
The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lea County: Chaves, Eddy, Roosevelt, Andrews (TX), Cochran (TX), Gaines (TX), Loving (TX), Winkler (TX) & Yoakum (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 20 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Halfway. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Lea 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 Halfway (which is Lea 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 Halfway
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lea County (where Halfway resides)
- County Website: www.leacounty.net/
- County Seat for Lea: Lovington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- Nearest Communities to Halfway ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfway.
- Lea
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Maljamar
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maljamar
- Maljamar is located in Lea County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maljamar <4>
- Buckeye
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast) - Cotton Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Place
- Cotton Place is located in Lea County
- Arkansas Junction
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas Junction
- Arkansas Junction is located in Lea County
- Monument
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monument
- Monument is located in Lea County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monument <4>
- Oil Center
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oil Center have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oil Center
- Oil Center is located in Lea County
- Ochoa ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Eddy County
- County Website: www.caverns.net/ecourt/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Nearest Communities to Halfway ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Halfway.
- Loco Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loco Hills
- Loco Hills is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loco Hills <4>
- Loving
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loving have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Loving is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,372 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loving <4>
- Harroun Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harroun Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
- Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Otis ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest) - Pierce Canyon Crossing
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce Canyon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Canyon Crossing
- Pierce Canyon Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Malaga
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
- Malaga is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malaga <4>
- Avalon
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Hagerman Heights
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagerman Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
- Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
- Illinois Camp
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Camp
- Illinois Camp is located in Eddy County
- La Huerta
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
- La Huerta is located in Eddy County
- Former name for La Huerta:
- Carlsbad North
- Carlsbad
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
- Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,664 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <4>
- San Jose
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
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- Halfway) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Halfway. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5518, Longitude: -103.7355 In this case, the coordinates for Halfway 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> | 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. |