Nearest Communities to Melena,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Melena, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Melena:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals 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.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Melena 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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Melena.
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 Melena (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 Melena
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Chaves County (where Melena resides)
- County Website: www.co.chaves.nm.us/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- Nearest Communities to Melena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melena.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Frazier ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast) - Berrendo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest) - Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Roswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roswell
- Roswell is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 47,596 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roswell <4>
- East Grand Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Grand Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grand Plains
- East Grand Plains is located in Chaves County
- Fairbanks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - South Spring Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Spring Acres have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring Acres
- South Spring Acres is located in Chaves County
- South Spring ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring
- South Spring is located in Chaves County
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mountain View have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- Mountain View is located in Chaves County
- McDermott Wells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McDermott Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermott Wells
- McDermott Wells is located in Chaves County
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south) - Continue List (20 more) ...
- Chisum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - Elkins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Sherman Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sherman Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Place
- Sherman Place is located in Chaves County
- Dexter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dexter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dexter
- Dexter is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,244 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dexter <4>
- Lake Van ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Loving Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loving Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
- Loving Place is located in Chaves County
- Missouri Plaza ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Missouri Plaza have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Plaza
- Missouri Plaza is located in Chaves County
- Blackdom ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Greenfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Chaves County
- Higgins Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Higgins Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Place
- Higgins Place is located in Chaves County
- River Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Mill
- River Mill is located in Chaves County
- Boaz ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast) - Beatty Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatty Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Wells
- Beatty Wells is located in Chaves County
- Center Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Mill
- Center Mill is located in Chaves County
- Highway Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highway Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Mill
- Highway Mill is located in Chaves County
- Robertson Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robertson Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
- Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
- Deering Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Deering Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering Place
- Deering Place is located in Chaves County
- Hagerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman
- Hagerman is located in Chaves County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerman <4>
- South Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mill
- South Mill is located in Chaves County
- Diamante Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Diamante Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante Mill
- Diamante Mill is located in Chaves County
- Chisum
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Melena) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Melena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5429, Longitude: -104.3980 In this case, the coordinates for Melena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |