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Nearest Communities to Queen,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Queen, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Queen:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Queen.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Queen 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 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Queen. Of these communities, 8 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 Queen (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 Queen

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Eddy County   (where Queen resides)
    • County Website:   www.caverns.net/ecourt/
    • County Seat for Eddy:   Carlsbad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Queen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Queen.
      • Three Forks
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Forks
        • Three Forks is located in Eddy County
      • Four Wells
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Wells
        • Four Wells is located in Eddy County
      • Whites City
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Four Forks
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
        • Four Forks is located in Eddy County
      • Knowles Place
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
        • Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
      • Black River Village
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black River Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black River Village
        • Black River Village is located in Eddy County
      • Barber Crossing
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
        • Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
  • Otero County
    • County Website:   www.co.otero.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Otero:   Alamogordo
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Queen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Queen.
      • Cienega ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cienega
        • Cienega is located in Otero County
      • Corner Well
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Well have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
        • Corner Well is located in Otero County
  • Culberson County
    • County Seat for Culberson:   Van Horn (TX)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Queen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Queen.
      • Nickel Creek Station
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nickel Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickel Creek Station
        • Nickel Creek Station is located in Culberson County (TX)
      • State Line
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
        • State Line is located in Culberson County (TX)
      • Frijole ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Frijole have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frijole
        • Frijole is located in Culberson County (TX)
      • Pine Springs ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Springs
        • Pine Springs is located in Culberson County (TX)
      • Pinery ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinery
        • Pinery is located in Culberson County (TX)
  • Hudspeth County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Queen) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Queen. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.1909, Longitude: -104.7458       In this case, the coordinates for Queen 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 Queen, 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.
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