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Nearest Communities to Montoya,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Montoya.<1>

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

Although our information shows that the community of Montoya is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Quay County.

The following 9 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Quay County: Curry, Guadalupe, Harding, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Union, Deaf Smith (TX), Hartley (TX) & Oldham (TX).

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 18 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Montoya. Of these communities, 10 are located in counties other than Quay County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Montoya (which is Quay 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 Montoya

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

  • Quay County   (where Montoya resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/
    • County Seat for Quay:   Tucumcari
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Montoya   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Montoya.
      • Palomas
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
        • Palomas is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palomas
      • Hargis
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
        • Hargis is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargis
      • Tucumcari
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Quay
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
        • Quay is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quay
      • Jordan
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Jordan is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
      • Ragland
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Ragland is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
      • Lesbia ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Lesbia is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesbia
      • Hassell
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Hassell is located in Quay County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
  • Guadalupe County
  • San Miguel County
    • County Website:   https://co.sanmiguel.nm.us/
    • County Seat for San Miguel:   Las Vegas
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Montoya   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Montoya.
      • Hooverville
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Hooverville is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverville
      • La Cinta ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
        • La Cinta is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cinta
      • Conchas
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Adero Az
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Adero Az is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adero Az
      • Variadero
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Variadero is located in San Miguel County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Variadero

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 from Point A (ie- Montoya) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Montoya, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>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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