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Nearest Communities to Etholen,
Listed County-By-County

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

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Etholen.<1>

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


Although our information shows that the community of Etholen is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Hudspeth County.

The following 4 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hudspeth County: Otero (NM), Culberson, El Paso & Jeff Davis.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 15 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Etholen.

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 Etholen (which is Hudspeth 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 Etholen

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

  • Hudspeth County   (where Etholen resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.co.hudspeth.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Hudspeth:   Sierra Blanca
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Etholen   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Etholen.
      • Sierra Blanca
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Mile High
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Mile High is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mile High
      • Arispe ‑ Historic
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Arispe is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arispe
      • Old Patterson Place
        (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
        • Old Patterson Place is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Patterson Place
      • Finlay
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Finlay is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finlay
      • Fort Quitman ‑ Historic
        (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Fort Quitman is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Quitman
      • Esperanza
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
        • Esperanza is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperanza
      • Eagle Flat
        (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
        • Eagle Flat is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Flat
      • McNary
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
        • McNary is located in Hudspeth County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
      • Continue List   (6 more) ...
        • Fort Hancock
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
        • Allamoore
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
          • Allamoore is located in Hudspeth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allamoore
        • Indian Hot Springs
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
          • Indian Hot Springs is located in Hudspeth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Hot Springs
        • Villa Alegre
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • Villa Alegre is located in Hudspeth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villa Alegre
          • Villa Alegre has also been known as:
          • Villa Alegre Colonia
        • Crusher
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
          • Crusher is located in Hudspeth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crusher
        • Acala
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
          • Acala is located in Hudspeth County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acala

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 drawn from Point A (ie- Etholen) 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 Etholen, 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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