Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

• That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
• We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
• On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Monument (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Monument. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of 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 included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Monument is located in Lea County.

To see how the shape of New Mexico's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lea County: Chaves, Eddy, Roosevelt, Andrews (TX), Cochran (TX), Gaines (TX), Loving (TX), Winkler (TX) & Yoakum (TX).

Below are the counties that are near Monument. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Monument:

• Lea County     (The home county of Monument)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Monument, with the one closest to Monument listed first.
  • Arkansas Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas Junction
    • Arkansas Junction is located in Lea County
  • Hobbs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobbs
    • Hobbs is located in Lea County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,339 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobbs <1>
  • Air Base City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Air Base City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Base City
    • Air Base City is located in Lea County
  • Humble City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humble City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
    • Humble City is located in Lea County
  • Jones City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jones City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones City
    • Jones City is located in Lea County
  • Eunice
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eunice
    • Eunice is located in Lea County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,049 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eunice <1>
  • Maypens
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maypens
    • Maypens is located in Lea County
  • Lovington
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovington
    • Lovington is located in Lea County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,474 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovington <1>

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Monument, see our County-by-County Page for Monument.

Newspapers Published in Monument ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Monument.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Monument, there are papers which were published within 22 miles [35.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Monument.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Monument:

• Websites specific to New Mexico
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the State Records Center and Archives

• Pages specific to Lea County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Lea County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Lea County

Cemeteries Near Monument ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Monument.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Monument covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Monument, with the one closest to Monument listed first.

• Monument Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monument Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monument Cemetery
• Everglades Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everglades Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everglades Cemetery
• Prairie Haven Cemetery
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Haven Cemetery
• Memorial Park
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
• Memdry Gardens
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memdry Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memdry Gardens
• Crockett Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crockett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crockett Cemetery
• Morgan Cemetery
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
• Knowles Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowles Cemetery
• Lovington Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovington Cemetery
• Rest Haven Gardens
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rest Haven Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rest Haven Gardens
• Jal Cooper Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jal Cooper Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jal Cooper Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Monument. See our List of 1890's Communities around Monument.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Monument. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/