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Nearest Communities to Malaga,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 Malaga.<1>

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

Malaga 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 26 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Malaga. Of these communities, 6 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 Malaga (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 Malaga

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

  • Eddy County   (where Malaga resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.eddy.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Eddy:   Carlsbad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Malaga   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Malaga.
      • Harroun Crossing
        (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
        • Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
      • Lookout Crossing
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
      • Lookout ‑ Historic
        (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
        • Lookout is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
      • Loving
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Pierce Canyon Crossing
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Harkey Crossing
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Harkey Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkey Crossing
      • Otis ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Otis is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
      • Red Bluff
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
        • Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
      • Black River Village
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
        • Black River Village is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
      • Rock House Crossing
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
        • Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
      • Hagerman Heights
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
      • San Jose
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
        • San Jose is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
      • Continue List   (8 more) ...
        • Carlsbad
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
        • La Huerta
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
        • West Carlsbad
          (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
          • West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
        • Whites City
          (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
        • Four Forks
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Four Forks is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
        • Avalon
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Avalon is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
        • Ross Place
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
          • Ross Place is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross Place
        • Barber Crossing
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
  • Lea County
  • Reeves 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 from Point A (ie- Malaga) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.