Nearest Communities to Boise,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Boise, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Boise:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest 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 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 from Boise.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Boise is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Oldham County.
The following 5 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oldham County: Quay (NM), Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore & Potter.
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 34 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Boise. Of these communities, 23 are located in counties other than Oldham 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 Boise (which is Oldham 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 Boise
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Oldham County (where Boise resides)
- County Seat for Oldham: Vega
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Oldham County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Oldham County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Oldham County
- Nearest Communities to Boise ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Boise.
- Gruhlkey
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast) - Adrian
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Adrian have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
- Adrian is located in Oldham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 171 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adrian <5>
- Wimberly Place
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wimberly Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberly Place
- Wimberly Place is located in Oldham County
- Landergin
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - Corner Windmill
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Corner Windmill have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
- Corner Windmill is located in Oldham County
- Knoblaw
(23 miles [37 km] to the north) - Partwood Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Partwood Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partwood Crossing
- Partwood Crossing is located in Oldham County
- Strip Crossing
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strip Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strip Crossing
- Strip Crossing is located in Oldham County
- Vega
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vega have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vega
- Vega is located in Oldham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 933 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vega <5>
- Old Farm Crossing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Farm Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farm Crossing
- Old Farm Crossing is located in Oldham County
- Everett
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Deaf Smith County
- County Seat for Deaf Smith: Hereford
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of Texas
- Deaf Smith County
- From Family Search:
- State of Texas
- Deaf Smith County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of Texas
- Deaf Smith County
- Nearest Communities to Boise ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Boise.
- Glenrio ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Simms
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Walcott
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - La Plata ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast) - Bootleg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south) - Ford
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east) - Milo Center
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milo Center have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milo Center
- Milo Center is located in Deaf Smith County
- Curry County
- County Website: www.currycounty.org/
- County Seat for Curry: Clovis (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Curry County
- Nearest Communities to Boise ...
- Bellview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
- Bellview is located in Curry County (NM)
- Bellview
- Quay County
- County Seat for Quay: Tucumcari (NM)
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Quay County
- Nearest Communities to Boise ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Boise.
- Glenrio ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
- Glenrio is located in Quay County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenrio <5>
- Rain Place
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rain Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Place
- Rain Place is located in Quay County (NM)
- Endee ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west) - Allen ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest) - Bard ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west) - Porter
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - San Jon
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jon
- San Jon is located in Quay County (NM)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 202 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jon <5>
- Anniston ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest) - Bunk Clay Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bunk Clay Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunk Clay Place
- Bunk Clay Place is located in Quay County (NM)
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- Obar
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest) - Sand Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
- Sand Springs is located in Quay County (NM)
- Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Pleasant Valley is located in Quay County (NM)
- Woods Place
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woods Place have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
- Woods Place is located in Quay County (NM)
- Nara Visa
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nara Visa
- Nara Visa is located in Quay County (NM)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nara Visa <5>
- Cummings Place
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Place
- Cummings Place is located in Quay County (NM)
- Obar
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 drawn from Point A (ie- Boise) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boise. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2145, Longitude: -102.8597 In this case, the coordinates for Boise have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <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 Boise, 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. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |