Nearest Communities to Plain,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Plain, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Plain:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Plain 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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Plain. Of these communities, 12 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 Plain (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 Plain
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Quay County (where Plain 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 Plain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plain.
- Forrest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Puerto ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Norton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Ragland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Ragland is located in Quay County
- Wheatland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Quay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - McAlister
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlister
- McAlister is located in Quay County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McAlister <5>
- Jordan
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Quay County
- Lesbia ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north) - San Jon
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jon
- San Jon is located in Quay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jon <5>
- House
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
- House is located in Quay County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 61 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for House <5>
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- Tucumcari
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- 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>
- Allen ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Bard ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast) - Hargis
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest) - Hassell
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west) - Hudson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north) - Porter
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast) - Palomas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tucumcari
- Curry County
- County Website: www.currycounty.org/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- Nearest Communities to Plain ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Plain.
- Grady
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Grady is located in Curry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grady <5>
- Field
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south) - Weber City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weber City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Weber City is located in Curry County
- Broadview
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broadview
- Broadview is located in Curry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Broadview <5>
- Bellview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Bellview is located in Curry County
- Hollene ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east) - Claud
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast) - Ranchvale ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast) - Melrose
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
- Melrose is located in Curry County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <5>
- Saint Vrain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Vrain
- Saint Vrain is located in Curry County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Vrain <5>
- Cantara
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south) - Grier ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Plain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Plain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8367, Longitude: -103.5480 In this case, the coordinates for Plain 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 Plain, 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. |