Nearest Communities to Sacramento,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Sacramento, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Sacramento:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 from Sacramento.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Sacramento is located in Otero County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 35 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Sacramento. Of these communities, 3 are located in counties other than Otero 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 Sacramento (which is Otero 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 Sacramento
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Sacramento resides)
- County Website: www.co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- Nearest Communities to Sacramento ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sacramento.
- Weed
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Weed is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <3>
- Maxon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest) - Crisp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Hortonville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Otero County
- Mayhill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhill
- Mayhill is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayhill <3>
- Avis
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Chippeway Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chippeway Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Wimsatt
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest) - Marcia
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Timberon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberon
- Timberon is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timberon <3>
- Sunspot
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Cloudcroft
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
- Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <3>
- Continue List (20 more) ...
- Pinon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinon
- Pinon is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinon <3>
- Mountain Park
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- High Rolls
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Silver Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Dog Canyon Estates
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Canyon Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
- Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
- Alamogordo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamogordo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamogordo
- Alamogordo is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 32,126 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamogordo <3>
- Boles Acres
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Omlee
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west) - La Luz
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Luz
- La Luz is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Luz <3>
- Valmont ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Dunes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west) - Blazers Mill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blazers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Kearney
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Mescalero
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescalero
- Mescalero is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mescalero <3>
- Alamorosa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Escondida Crossing
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escondida Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Old Wright Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Wright Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Monista ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west) - Whitetail
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Bent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent
- Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bent <3>
- Pinon
- Chaves County
- County Website: www.co.chaves.nm.us/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Chaves County
- Nearest Communities to Sacramento ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Sacramento.
- Elk
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Dunken ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
- Dunken is located in Chaves County
- Old Longbotbam Place
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Longbotbam Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Longbotbam Place
- Old Longbotbam Place is located in Chaves County
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- Sacramento) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sacramento. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7926, Longitude: -105.5601 |
| <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. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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. |