Nearest Communities to Three Forks,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Three Forks, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Three Forks:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Three Forks.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Three Forks is located in 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 12 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Three Forks. Of these communities, 5 are located in counties other than Eddy 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 Three Forks (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 Three Forks
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Eddy County (where Three Forks resides)
- County Website: www.caverns.net/ecourt/
- County Seat for Eddy: Carlsbad
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Eddy County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Four Wells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Wells have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Wells
- Four Wells is located in Eddy County
- Queen ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Knowles Place
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Knowles Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knowles Place
- Knowles Place is located in Eddy County
- Four Forks
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Four Forks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Four Forks
- Four Forks is located in Eddy County
- Barber Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barber Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barber Crossing
- Barber Crossing is located in Eddy County
- Seven Rivers
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Seven Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Rivers
- Seven Rivers is located in Eddy County
- Whites City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whites City
- Whites City is located in Eddy County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whites City <4>
- Otero County
- 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 Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- Corner Well
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Well have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
- Corner Well is located in Otero County
- Cienega ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Culberson County
- County Seat for Culberson: Van Horn (TX)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Culberson County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Culberson County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Culberson County
- Nearest Communities to Three Forks ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Three Forks.
- State Line
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Line have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Line
- State Line is located in Culberson County (TX)
- Nickel Creek Station
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nickel Creek Station have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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)
- Frijole ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
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 from Point A (ie- Three Forks) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Three Forks. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3515, Longitude: -104.7822 In this case, the coordinates for Three Forks have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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> | 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. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |