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Nearest Communities to Highway Mill,
Listed County-By-County

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

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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Highway Mill.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Highway Mill is located in Chaves County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaves County: DeBaca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero & Roosevelt.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 30 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Highway Mill. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Chaves 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 Highway Mill (which is Chaves 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 Highway Mill

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

  • Chaves County   (where Highway Mill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.chavescounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Chaves:   Roswell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Highway Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Highway Mill.
      • Diamante Mill
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
        • Diamante Mill is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante Mill
      • Center Mill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Center Mill is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Mill
      • Missouri Plaza ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Missouri Plaza is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Plaza
      • River Mill
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • River Mill is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Mill
      • Sherman Place
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
        • Sherman Place is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Place
      • Mountain View
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Mountain View is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
      • Roswell
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Berrendo ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
        • Berrendo is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrendo
      • Fairbanks
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • Fairbanks is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
      • South Spring Acres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • South Spring Acres is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring Acres
      • South Spring ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • South Spring is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring
      • Higgins Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
        • Higgins Place is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Place
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • East Grand Plains
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • East Grand Plains is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grand Plains
        • Midway
          (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
          • Midway is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
        • Loving Place
          (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
          • Loving Place is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
        • Blackdom ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
          • Blackdom is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackdom
        • Chisum
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
          • Chisum is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisum
        • Melena
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
          • Melena is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melena
        • Dexter
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Lake Van ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
          • Lake Van is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Van
  • Lincoln County
    • County Website:   https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
    • County Seat for Lincoln:   Carrizozo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Highway Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Highway Mill.
      • Riverside
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Riverside is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Sunset
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
        • Sunset is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
      • Picacho
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Tinnie
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Bluewater
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Arabela
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Arabela is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabela
      • Escondido ‑ Historic
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
        • Escondido is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
      • Hondo
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • San Patricio
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
        • San Patricio is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
      • Pine Lodge
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Pine Lodge is located in Lincoln County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge

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- Highway Mill) 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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