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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
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 north 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: www.caverns.net/ecourt/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Carlsbad
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlsbad
- Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,664 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carlsbad <4>
- Hagerman Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagerman Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman Heights
- Hagerman Heights is located in Eddy County
- San Jose
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest) - Loving
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loving have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving
- Loving is located in Eddy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,372 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loving <4>
- La Huerta
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
- La Huerta is located in Eddy County
- Former name for La Huerta:
- Carlsbad North
- West Carlsbad
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Carlsbad have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Carlsbad
- West Carlsbad is located in Eddy County
- Harkey Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harkey Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harkey Crossing
- Harkey Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Lookout ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Lookout Crossing
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lookout Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lookout Crossing
- Lookout Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Avalon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north) - Harroun Crossing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harroun Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harroun Crossing
- Harroun Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Malaga
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malaga
- Malaga is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Malaga <4>
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Black River Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
- Black River Village is located in Eddy County
- Four Forks
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Four Forks is located in Eddy County
- Pierce Canyon Crossing
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pierce Canyon Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce Canyon Crossing
- Pierce Canyon Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Barber Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
- Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Whites City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
- Whites City is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whites City <4>
- Red Bluff
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south) - Seven Rivers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Rock House Crossing
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock House Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock House Crossing
- Rock House Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Illinois Camp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Illinois Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinois Camp
- Illinois Camp is located in Eddy County
- Frontier Post
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frontier Post have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frontier Post
- Frontier Post is located in Eddy County
- Knowles Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles Place have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
- Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
- Dayton ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Black River Village
- Lea County
- County Website: www.leacounty.net/
- County Seat for Lea: Lovington
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Lea County
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Otis.
- Halfway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast) - Cotton Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Place have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Place
- Cotton Place is located in Lea County
- Reeves County
- County Seat for Reeves: Pecos (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Reeves County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Reeves County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Reeves County
- Nearest Communities to Otis ...
- Robinson Arms Landing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Robinson Arms Landing have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson Arms Landing
- Robinson Arms Landing is located in Reeves County (TX)
- 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Otis) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otis. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3512, Longitude: -104.1686 In this case, the coordinates for Otis 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 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |