Nearest Communities to Silver Springs,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Silver Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Silver Springs:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest 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 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.
Silver Springs 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 48 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Silver Springs. Of these communities, 19 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 Silver Springs (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 Silver Springs
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Silver Springs resides)
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Silver Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Springs.
- Whitetail
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Whitetail is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
- Mescalero
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wimsatt
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Wimsatt is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimsatt
- Blazers Mill
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Cloudcroft
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Carrizo
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Carrizo is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
- Chippeway Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Hortonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Hortonville is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Bent
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Mountain Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mayhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- High Rolls
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- La Luz
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marcia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Marcia is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcia
- Sacramento
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Weed
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Apache
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Apache is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
- Alamorosa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Alamorosa is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamorosa
- Kearney
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Kearney is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
- Maxon
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Maxon is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxon
- Tularosa
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Crisp
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Crisp is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crisp
- Alamogordo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunspot
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Omlee
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Omlee is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omlee
- Salinas
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Salinas is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salinas
- Avis
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Avis is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avis
- Boles Acres
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Three Rivers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Chaves County
- County Website: https://www.chavescounty.gov/
- County Seat for Chaves: Roswell
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Silver Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Springs.
- Elk
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Elk is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Old Longbotbam Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Old Longbotbam Place is located in Chaves County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Longbotbam Place
- Lincoln County
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Silver Springs ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Silver Springs.
- Hollywood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Hollywood is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Ruidoso Downs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Ponderosa Heights
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Ponderosa Heights is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
- Ruidoso
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Alpine Cellars Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Alto
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sierra Vista
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Sierra Vista is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
- Sun Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Sun Valley is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Villa Madonna
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Villa Madonna is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Madonna
- Glencoe
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Angus ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Angus is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bonito
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Bonito is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonito
- Continue List (5 more) ...
- San Patricio
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- San Patricio is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
- Hondo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Tinnie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
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- Silver Springs) 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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