Nearest Communities to Salinas,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Salinas, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Salinas:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.
Please note 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.
Salinas 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 39 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Salinas. Of these communities, 18 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 Salinas (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 Salinas
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Salinas resides)
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salinas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salinas.
- Three Rivers
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Apache
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Apache is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
- Tularosa
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Bent
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blazers Mill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Alamorosa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- Mescalero
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Kearney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- La Luz
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Carrizo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Carrizo is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
- High Rolls
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Mountain Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
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- Alamogordo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Cloudcroft
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Silver Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Monista ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Monista is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monista
- Omlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Omlee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
- Whitetail
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Whitetail is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
- Boles Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Chippeway Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Wimsatt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsatt
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Salinas ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Salinas.
- Cora Crew
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Cora Crew is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora Crew
- Kimmons
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Kimmons is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons
- Oscura
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Oscura is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscura
- Roberson Place
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Roberson Place is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Place
- Ponderosa Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
- Alpine Cellars Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Madonna
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Madonna
- Ruidoso
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Polly
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Polly is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
- Sierra Vista
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sierra Vista is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
- Hollywood
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Hollywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Alto
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (6 more) ...
- Bonito
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Bonito is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonito
- Sun Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Sun Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Ruidoso Downs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Angus ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Angus is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Carrizozo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Nogal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Salinas) 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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