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 and 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.<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: https://www.chavescounty.gov/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Melena ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Melena.
- Acme ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Acme is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
- Frazier ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Frazier is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frazier
- Berrendo ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Berrendo is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrendo
- Campbell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Campbell is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
- Roswell
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- East Grand Plains
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- East Grand Plains is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grand Plains
- Fairbanks
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairbanks is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
- South Spring Acres
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Spring Acres is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring Acres
- South Spring ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- South Spring is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring
- Mountain View
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain View is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
- McDermott Wells
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- McDermott Wells is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDermott Wells
- Midway
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Midway is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
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- Chisum
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Chisum is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisum
- Elkins ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Elkins is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
- Sherman Place
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sherman Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Place
- Dexter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Van ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Lake Van is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Van
- Loving Place
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Loving Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
- Missouri Plaza ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Missouri Plaza is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Missouri Plaza
- Blackdom ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Blackdom is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackdom
- Greenfield ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Greenfield is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Higgins Place
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Higgins Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Place
- River Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- River Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Mill
- Boaz ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boaz is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
- Beatty Wells
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Beatty Wells is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Wells
- Center Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Center Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Mill
- Highway Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Highway Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highway Mill
- Robertson Wells
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
- Deering Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Deering Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deering Place
- Hagerman
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- South Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- South Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mill
- Diamante Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Diamante Mill is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamante Mill
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Melena) 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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