Nearest Communities to Otis,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Otis, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Otis:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Otis.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Otis is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Eddy County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Eddy County: Chaves, Lea, Otero, Culberson (TX), Loving (TX) & Reeves (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Otis. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Eddy 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 Otis (which is Eddy 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 Otis
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Eddy County (where Otis resides)
- County Website: https://www.co.eddy.nm.us/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Carlsbad
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerman Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
- San Jose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- San Jose is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
- Loving
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- La Huerta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- La Huerta is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
- Former name for La Huerta:
- Carlsbad North
- West Carlsbad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
- Harkey Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Harkey Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkey Crossing
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Lookout is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout
- Lookout Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Avalon is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avalon
- Harroun Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
- Malaga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Black River Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Black River Village is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
- Four Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Four Forks is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Barber Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
- Whites City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Red Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Red Bluff is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff
- Seven Rivers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
- Rock House Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
- Illinois Camp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Illinois Camp is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Camp
- Frontier Post
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Frontier Post is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Post
- Knowles Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
- Dayton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dayton is located in Eddy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
- Lea County
- County Website: https://www.leacounty.net/
- County Seat for Lea: Lovington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Halfway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Halfway is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Cotton Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cotton Place is located in Lea County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Place
- Reeves County
- County Website: https://www.reevescounty.org/
- County Seat for Reeves: Pecos (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- Robinson Arms Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
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 from Point A (ie- Otis) 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 Otis, 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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