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Nearest Communities to Tornero,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 west 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.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Tornero.<1>

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


Tornero is located in 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 32 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Tornero. Of these communities, 9 are located in counties other than Roosevelt 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 Tornero (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 Tornero

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

  • Roosevelt County   (where Tornero resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/
    • County Seat for Roosevelt:   Portales
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tornero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tornero.
      • Kenna
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Kenna is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenna
      • Elida
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
        • Elida is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elida
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elida <3>
      • Home Place Well
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Home Place Well is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Home Place Well
      • Kermit ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Kermit is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
      • Ingram ‑ Historic
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
        • Ingram is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ingram
      • Red Lake ‑ Historic
        (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
        • Red Lake is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lake
      • Delphos ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
        • Delphos is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delphos
      • Upton ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
        • Upton is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upton
      • New Hope ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
        • New Hope is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
      • Dora
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Dora is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dora
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 118 people
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dora <3>
      • Pep ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
        • Pep is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pep
      • Eagle Hill ‑ Historic
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Eagle Hill is located in Roosevelt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Hill
      • Continue List   (11 more) ...
        • Benson ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Benson is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benson
        • Tinsley Crossing
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
          • Tinsley Crossing is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinsley Crossing
        • Floyd
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
          • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
          • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <3>
        • Richland ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Richland is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Yerba
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
          • Yerba is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yerba
        • Bethel ‑ Historic
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
          • Bethel is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
        • Milnesand
          (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
        • Garrison ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Garrison is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garrison
        • Longs ‑ Historic
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Longs is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longs
        • Rogers
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Portales
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Chaves County
    • County Website:   https://www.chavescounty.gov/
    • County Seat for Chaves:   Roswell
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Tornero   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Tornero.
      • Lone Wolf
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
        • Lone Wolf is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Wolf
      • Corner Well
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Corner Well is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Well
      • Vest Wells
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
        • Vest Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vest Wells
      • Beatty Wells
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Beatty Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatty Wells
      • Boaz ‑ Historic
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Boaz is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
      • Robertson Wells
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Robertson Wells is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertson Wells
      • Olive
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
        • Olive is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive
      • Elkins ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
        • Elkins is located in Chaves County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkins
  • DeBaca County

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- Tornero) 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.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.