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Nearest Communities to Hassell,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Hassell, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Hassell:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community 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.

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.

Hassell is located in Quay County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Quay County: Curry, Guadalupe, Harding, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Union, Deaf Smith (TX), Hartley (TX) & Oldham (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Hassell. Of these communities, 17 are located in counties other than Quay 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 Hassell (which is Quay 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 Hassell

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Quay County   (where Hassell resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/
    • County Seat for Quay:   Tucumcari
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hassell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hassell.
      • House
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jordan
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Jordan is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • McAlister
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Ragland
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Ragland is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
      • Quay
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Quay is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
      • Forrest
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
        • Forrest is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
      • Montoya ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Montoya is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoya
      • Plain ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Plain is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Palomas
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Palomas is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomas
  • Curry County
    • County Website:   https://www.currycountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Curry:   Clovis
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hassell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hassell.
      • Weber City
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
        • Weber City is located in Curry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
      • Cantara
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Cantara is located in Curry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
      • Field
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
        • Field is located in Curry County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field
      • Melrose
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • DeBaca County
    • County Website:   https://debaca.nmgenweb.us/
    • County Seat for DeBaca:   Fort Sumner
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Hassell   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Hassell.
      • La Lande ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • La Lande is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Lande
      • Taiban
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Fort Sumner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Sumner
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
        • Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
      • Salado
        (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
        • Salado is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
      • Guadalupe
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
        • Guadalupe is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
      • Agudo ‑ Historic
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Agudo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agudo
      • Ricardo ‑ Historic
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
        • Ricardo is located in DeBaca County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
  • Guadalupe County
  • Roosevelt County

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- Hassell) 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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