Nearest Communities to Vera Cruz,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Vera Cruz, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Vera Cruz:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most 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.
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.
Although our information shows that the community of Vera Cruz is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lincoln County.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lincoln County: Chaves, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Otero, Sierra, Socorro & Torrance.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 49 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Vera Cruz. Of these communities, 4 are located in counties other than Lincoln 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 Vera Cruz (which is Lincoln 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 Vera Cruz
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Lincoln County (where Vera Cruz resides)
- County Website: https://www.lincolncountynm.gov/
- County Seat for Lincoln: Carrizozo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vera Cruz ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz.
- Nogal
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Coalora ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coalora was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalora
- Manchester ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Manchester was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
- Capitan
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- White Oaks ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- White Oaks was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Oaks
- Bonito
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Bonito is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonito
- Carrizozo
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Robsart
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Robsart is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robsart
- Angus ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Angus was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Villa Madonna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Villa Madonna is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Madonna
- Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Stanton was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
- Ramsdale Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Ramsdale Place is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramsdale Place
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- Reventon
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Reventon is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reventon
- Encinoso ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Encinoso was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Encinoso
- Sierra Vista
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sierra Vista is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sierra Vista
- Sun Valley
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Sun Valley is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Valley
- Alto
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Polly
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Polly is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Polly
- Coyote
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Coyote is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
- Double Crossing
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Double Crossing is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Crossing
- Alpine Cellars Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Alpine Cellars Village is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine Cellars Village
- Ruidoso
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Jicarilla ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Jicarilla was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jicarilla
- Ponderosa Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Ponderosa Heights is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Heights
- Hollywood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hollywood is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
- Ruidoso Downs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Glencoe
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Kimmons
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Kimmons is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmons
- Baca ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Baca was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baca
- Cora Crew
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cora Crew is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cora Crew
- Largo
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Largo is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Largo
- Cooper
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cooper is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
- Lovelace
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lovelace is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelace
- Oscura
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oscura is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oscura
- Ancho ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Ancho was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ancho
- Luna
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Luna is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
- San Patricio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- San Patricio is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Patricio
- Pine Lodge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Pine Lodge is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lodge
- Escondido ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Escondido was located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondido
- Roberson Place
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Roberson Place is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roberson Place
- Tecolote
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tecolote is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
- Hondo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bluewater
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Arabela
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Arabela is also located in Lincoln County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabela
- Otero County
- County Website: https://co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- Nearest Communities to Vera Cruz ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Vera Cruz.
- Carrizo
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Carrizo is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo
- Apache
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Apache is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
- Whitetail
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Whitetail is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitetail
- Three Rivers
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
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- Vera Cruz) 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 Vera Cruz, 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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