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Nearest Communities to Las Palomas,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 starting from Las Palomas.<1>

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

Las Palomas is located in Sierra County.

The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 40 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Las Palomas. Of these communities, 8 are located in counties other than Sierra 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 Las Palomas (which is Sierra 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 Las Palomas

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

  • Sierra County   (where Las Palomas resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.sierraco.org/
    • County Seat for Sierra:   Truth or Consequences
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Las Palomas   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Las Palomas.
      • Williamsburg
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Truth or Consequences
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Caballo
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Elephant Butte
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Oasis
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Oasis is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oasis
      • Elephant Butte Estates
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Hot Springs Landing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Hot Springs Landing is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs Landing
      • Cuchillo
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Rock Canyon
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Garcia Place
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Garcia Place is located in Sierra County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garcia Place
      • Arrey
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Cutter ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Continue List   (20 more) ...
        • Jornada ‑ Historic
          (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
          • Jornada is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jornada
        • Engle ‑ Historic
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
        • Derry ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
          • Derry is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
        • Hillsboro
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Francisco Rascon Place
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Upham
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
          • Upham is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upham
        • Chise
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Chise is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chise
        • Alivio
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Alivio is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alivio
        • Placitas
          (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
          • Placitas is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
        • Monticello ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Monticello is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monticello
        • Crocker
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
          • Crocker is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crocker
        • Kingston ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Kingston is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
        • Hermosa ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
          • Hermosa is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
        • La Petra
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • La Petra is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Petra
        • Chaves Place
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Chaves Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaves Place
        • Jewkes Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Jewkes Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewkes Place
        • Winston
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Winston is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winston
        • Lake Valley ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Murphy Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Murphy Place is located in Sierra County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphy Place
        • Chloride ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dona Ana County

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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Las Palomas) 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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