Nearest Communities to Maxon,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Maxon, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Maxon:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Maxon.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Maxon is located in Otero County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Maxon. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Maxon (which is Otero 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 Maxon
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Maxon resides)
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Maxon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Maxon.
- Crisp
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Crisp is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Sacramento
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Weed
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Marcia
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Marcia is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
- Timberon
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Avis
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Avis is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
- Chippeway Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Sunspot
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Hortonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hortonville is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Mayhill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wimsatt
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsatt
- Cloudcroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
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- Pinon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- High Rolls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Dog Canyon Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
- Boles Acres
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Omlee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Omlee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
- Valmont ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Valmont is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmont
- Alamogordo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Dunes
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Dunes is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunes
- Silver Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- La Luz
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Escondida Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Old Wright Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Kearney
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Monista ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Monista is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
- Alamorosa
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- Paxton Crossing
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Paxton Crossing is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Crossing
- Blazers Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Mescalero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Bent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Chaves County
- County Website: https://www.chavescounty.gov/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Maxon ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Maxon.
- Elk
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elk is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Dunken ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Dunken is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
- Old Longbotbam Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Old Longbotbam Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Longbotbam Place
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 from Point A (ie- Maxon) 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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