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Nearest Communities to Glenrio,
Listed County-By-County

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

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 starting from Glenrio.<1>

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

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

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Deaf Smith County: Curry (NM), Quay (NM), Castro, Oldham, Parmer & Randall.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 37 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Glenrio. Of these communities, 33 are located in counties other than Deaf Smith 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 Glenrio (which is Deaf Smith 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 Glenrio

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

  • Deaf Smith County   (where Glenrio resides)
  • Oldham County
    • County Website:   https://www.co.oldham.tx.us/
    • County Seat for Oldham:   Vega
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Glenrio   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Glenrio.
      • Boise ‑ Historic
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Boise is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
      • Gruhlkey
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
        • Gruhlkey is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruhlkey
      • Adrian
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Wimberly Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Wimberly Place is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimberly Place
      • Knoblaw
        (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
        • Knoblaw is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoblaw
      • Landergin
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Landergin is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landergin
      • Corner Windmill
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Corner Windmill is located in Oldham County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corner Windmill
  • Curry County
  • Harding County
  • Quay County
    • County Website:   https://www.quaycounty-nm.gov/
    • County Seat for Quay:   Tucumcari (NM)
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Glenrio   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Glenrio.
      • Glenrio ‑ Historic
        (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Endee ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
        • Endee is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Endee
      • Rain Place
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Rain Place is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rain Place
      • Allen ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Allen is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Bard
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
        • Bard is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bard
      • Porter
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
        • Porter is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
      • San Jon
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Pleasant Valley ‑ Historic
        (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
        • Pleasant Valley is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
      • Anniston ‑ Historic
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Anniston is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anniston
      • Cummings Place
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Woods Place
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Woods Place is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Place
      • Bunk Clay Place
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
        • Bunk Clay Place is located in Quay County (NM)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunk Clay Place
      • Continue List   (9 more) ...
        • Logan
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
        • Sand Springs
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Sand Springs is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Springs
        • Wheatland
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
          • Wheatland is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheatland
        • Obar
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
          • Obar is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Obar
        • Hendricks Place
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
          • Hendricks Place is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks Place
        • Hudson
          (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
          • Hudson is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
        • Nara Visa
          (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
        • Norton
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
          • Norton is located in Quay County (NM)
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton
        • Lesbia ‑ Historic
          (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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- Glenrio) 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 Glenrio, 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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