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 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.
Please note 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.
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 Seat for Quay: Tucumcari
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- Nearest Communities to Montoya ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Montoya.
- Palomas
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Hargis
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east) - Tucumcari
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucumcari
- Tucumcari is located in Quay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,827 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tucumcari <5>
- Quay
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast) - Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Ragland
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Ragland is located in Quay County
- Lesbia ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Hassell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Guadalupe County
- County Seat for Guadalupe: Santa Rosa
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Nearest Communities to Montoya ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Montoya.
- Newkirk
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
- Newkirk is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newkirk <5>
- Cuervo
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuervo
- Cuervo is located in Guadalupe County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuervo <5>
- Alamo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Double Mills
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Double Mills have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Mills
- Double Mills is located in Guadalupe County
- Los Tanos
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- San Miguel County
- County Seat for San Miguel: Las Vegas
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- San Miguel County
- Nearest Communities to Montoya ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Montoya.
- Hooverville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverville
- Hooverville is located in San Miguel County
- La Cinta ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north) - Conchas
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conchas
- Conchas is located in San Miguel County
- Conchas has also been known as:
- Conchas Dam
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Conchas <5>
- Adero Az
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Variadero
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Montoya) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Montoya. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.0998, Longitude: -104.0639 In this case, the coordinates for Montoya have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |