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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 Sequndo (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 Sequndo. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 west contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

Sequndo is located in Las Animas County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Las Animas County: Baca, Bent, Costilla, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo, Colfax (NM) & Union (NM).

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

  • Las Animas County     (The home county of Sequndo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequndo, with the one closest to Sequndo listed first.
    • Segundo
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
    • Valdez
      (Less than 2 miles to the east)
      • Valdez is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
    • Madrid ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Madrid is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
    • Cokedale
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Cokedale is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cokedale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Boncarbo
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Weston
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sopris ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Sopris is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
    • Starkville
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Trinidad
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Engleville
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Engleville is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
    • Gulnare
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Morley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Morley is located in Las Animas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Huerfano County
  • Colfax County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sequndo, with the one closest to Sequndo listed first.
    • Brilliant ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Brilliant is located in Colfax County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brilliant
    • Raton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Raton is located in Colfax County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raton <1>
    • Lauretta ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Lauretta is located in Colfax County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lauretta

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

Cemeteries Near Sequndo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sequndo.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Sequndo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • San Juan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • San Juan Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Tijeras Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Burro Canyon Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Weston Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Carpios Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pacheca Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Starkville Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Vigil Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jansen Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Albertson Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Catskill Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (31 more) ...
    • Masonic Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jarosa Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Catholic Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Sequndo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Sequndo.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Sequndo, with the one closest to Sequndo listed first.

  • Madrid ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Madrid is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
  • Weston
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Sopris ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Sopris is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopris
  • Starkville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Trinidad
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Forbes ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Forbes is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forbes
  • Morley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • Engleville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Engleville is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
  • Gulnare
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wootton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Wootton is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wootton
  • El Moro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • El Moro is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro
  • Stonewall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Stonewall is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewall
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Aguilar
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Raton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Raton is located in Colfax County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raton <1>
    • Dillon
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Dillon is located in Colfax County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon

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

Newspapers Published in Sequndo ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sequndo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sequndo, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sequndo.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Sequndo:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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 Sequndo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- Sequndo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.