Roswell, New Mexico

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Roswell is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Artesia. It is located about 36 miles [57 km] to the south of Roswell and has a population of 10,692 people.^<1>

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Dexter	SE	15 mi [24.14 km]	1,231	0.32% decrease
	Hagerman	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	1,160	0.68% decrease
	Hope	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	107	---
	Lake Arthur	S	27 mi [43.45 km]	436	0.93% increase

Chaves County

Roswell is located in Chaves County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chaves: DeBaca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero and Roosevelt.

Other nearby counties: Eddy County is located south of Roswell; Lincoln County is to the west.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Roswell. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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