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Nearest Communities to South Mill,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 South Mill.<1>

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


South Mill is located in Chaves County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaves County: DeBaca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero & Roosevelt.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 28 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of South Mill. Of these communities, 7 are located in counties other than Chaves 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 South Mill (which is Chaves 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 South Mill

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

  • Chaves County   (where South Mill resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.chavescounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Chaves:   Roswell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Mill.
      • Greenfield ‑ Historic
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
        • Greenfield is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
      • Hagerman
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Lake Van ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Lake Van is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Van
      • Dexter
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Mossman
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
        • Mossman is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossman
      • Lake Arthur
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Chisum
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Chisum is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chisum
      • Midway
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Midway is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
      • East Grand Plains
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • East Grand Plains is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Grand Plains
      • Blackdom ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Blackdom is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackdom
      • Loving Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
        • Loving Place is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loving Place
      • South Spring ‑ Historic
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • South Spring is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Higgins Place
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
          • Higgins Place is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higgins Place
        • Fairbanks
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Fairbanks is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairbanks
        • South Spring Acres
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • South Spring Acres is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Spring Acres
        • Mountain View
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Mountain View is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain View
        • Roswell
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
        • Berrendo ‑ Historic
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Berrendo is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrendo
        • Melena
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
          • Melena is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melena
        • Sherman Place
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
          • Sherman Place is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherman Place
        • Campbell
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
          • Campbell is located in Chaves County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbell
  • Eddy County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.eddy.nm.us/
    • County Seat for Eddy:   Carlsbad
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to South Mill   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from South Mill.
      • Espuela
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
        • Espuela is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espuela
      • Riverside
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Riverside is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
      • Loco Hills
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Artesia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Atoka
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Atoka is located in Eddy County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atoka
  • Lea County

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 from Point A (ie- South Mill) 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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