Nearest Communities to Ponderosa Heights,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Ponderosa Heights, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Ponderosa Heights:
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 starting from Ponderosa Heights.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Chaves, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Otero, Sierra, Socorro & Torrance.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 51 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Ponderosa Heights. Of these communities, 18 are located in counties other than Lincoln County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Ponderosa Heights (which is Lincoln 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 Ponderosa Heights
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Ponderosa Heights resides)
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ponderosa Heights ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Heights.
- Alpine Cellars Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Ruidoso
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Hollywood
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Hollywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Alto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sierra Vista
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sierra Vista is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
- Sun Valley
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Ruidoso Downs
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Villa Madonna
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
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- Angus ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bonito
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bonito is located in Lincoln County
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- Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County
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- Glencoe
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (21 more) ...
- Nogal
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Capitan
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Coalora ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Coalora is located in Lincoln County
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- Vera Cruz ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Vera Cruz is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vera Cruz
- Double Crossing
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Double Crossing is located in Lincoln County
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- San Patricio
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- San Patricio is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Lincoln
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Cora Crew
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cora Crew is located in Lincoln County
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- Kimmons
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kimmons is located in Lincoln County
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- Baca ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Baca is located in Lincoln County
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- Polly
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Polly is located in Lincoln County
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- Hondo
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Carrizozo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oscura
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Oscura is located in Lincoln County
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- Manchester ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Manchester is located in Lincoln County
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- Tinnie
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Encinoso ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Encinoso is located in Lincoln County
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- Escondido ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Escondido is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
- White Oaks ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- White Oaks is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oaks
- Robsart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Robsart is located in Lincoln County
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- Roberson Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Roberson Place is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Place
- Otero County
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Ponderosa Heights ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Ponderosa Heights.
- Carrizo
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Carrizo is located in Otero County
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- Whitetail
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Whitetail is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
- Apache
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Apache is located in Otero County
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- Mescalero
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Blazers Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Bent
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Springs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Three Rivers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Salinas
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salinas is located in Otero County
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- Wimsatt
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
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- Tularosa
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Cloudcroft
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- High Rolls
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Mountain Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
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- Alamorosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- La Luz
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Chippeway Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Kearney
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ponderosa Heights) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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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