Nearest Communities to Tolar,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Tolar, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Tolar:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southeast 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 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 east 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 from Tolar.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Tolar is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Roosevelt County.
The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Roosevelt County: Chaves, Curry, Lea, Quay, Bailey (TX) & Cochran (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 27 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tolar. Of these communities, 21 are located in counties other than Roosevelt County.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Tolar (which is Roosevelt 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 Tolar
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Roosevelt County (where Tolar resides)
- County Website: https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
- County Seat for Roosevelt: Portales
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tolar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tolar.
- Krider ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Krider is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Krider
- Benson ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Benson is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
- Ingram ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Ingram is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
- Upton ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Upton is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
- Floyd
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bethel is located in Roosevelt County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
- Curry County
- County Website: https://www.currycountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tolar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tolar.
- Cantara
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Cantara is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
- Melrose
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Weber City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Weber City is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
- Field
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Field is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field
- Saint Vrain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Grier ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Grier is located in Curry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grier
- DeBaca County
- County Website: https://debaca.nmgenweb.us/
- County Seat for DeBaca: Fort Sumner
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tolar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tolar.
- Taiban
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- La Lande ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- La Lande is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Lande
- Canton ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Canton is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canton
- Fort Sumner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Agudo ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Agudo is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agudo
- Ricardo ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Ricardo is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ricardo
- Lake Sumner
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
- Salado
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Salado is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salado
- Guadalupe
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Guadalupe is located in DeBaca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guadalupe
- Quay County
- County Website: https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/
- County Seat for Quay: Tucumcari
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Tolar ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Tolar.
- House
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Hassell
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Hassell is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hassell
- McAlister
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Jordan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Jordan is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jordan
- Ragland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Ragland is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ragland
- Forrest
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Forrest is located in Quay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrest
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tolar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tolar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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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