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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 Tierra Amarilla Grant (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 Tierra Amarilla Grant. 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.

Tierra Amarilla Grant is located in Archuleta 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 Archuleta County: Conejos, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Rio Grande, Rio Arriba (NM) & San Juan (NM).

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

  • Archuleta County     (The home county of Tierra Amarilla Grant)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tierra Amarilla Grant, with the one closest to Tierra Amarilla Grant listed first.
    • Chromo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Trujillo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Trujillo is located in Archuleta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
    • Pagosa Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Juanita ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Juanita is located in Archuleta County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Conejos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tierra Amarilla Grant, with the one closest to Tierra Amarilla Grant listed first.
    • Cumbres
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Cumbres is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
    • Osier
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Osier is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
    • Platoro
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Platoro is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
    • Mogote
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Mogote is located in Conejos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mogote
  • Rio Grande County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tierra Amarilla Grant, with the one closest to Tierra Amarilla Grant listed first.
    • Jasper ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
    • Summitville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
  • Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tierra Amarilla Grant, with the one closest to Tierra Amarilla Grant listed first.
    • Lobato ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
    • Chama
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <1>
    • Monero
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
    • Lumberton
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
    • Sublette
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
    • Brazos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
    • Dulce
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Los Ojos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Rutheron
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
    • Navajo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
    • Lava ‑ Historic
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Lava is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava

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

Cemeteries Near Tierra Amarilla Grant ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tierra Amarilla Grant.

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 Tierra Amarilla Grant - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Chama Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Fox Creek Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
  • White Ranch Family Cemetery
    • The White Ranch Family Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Ranch Family Cemetery
    • The White Ranch Family Cemetery has also been known as:
    • White Spring Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2484263 <2>
  • Martinez Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Wirt Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Gomez Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Trujillo Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Rutheron Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Eoff Ranch Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Hilltop Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hilltop Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Pagosa Springs.
    • The Hilltop Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Pagosa Springs Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57341 <2>
  • San Miguel Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Martinez Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Martinez Cemetery is located 6 miles [9.7 km]<3> to the west of Antonito.
    • The Martinez Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2267023 <2>
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Las Mesitas Catholic Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • De la Luz Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • McCoy Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)

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.<4>

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

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

  • Lobato ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
  • Cumbres
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cumbres is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
  • Chromo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Chama
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <1>
  • Willow Creek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
  • Amargo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Amargo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amargo
  • Monero
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
  • Platoro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Platoro is located in Conejos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platoro
  • Toltec
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Toltec is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
  • Sublette
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sublette is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sublette
  • Dulce
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Jasper ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Jasper is located in Rio Grande County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Summitville ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Summitville is located in Rio Grande County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summitville
    • Pagosa Springs
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Navajo
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo

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

Newspapers Published in Tierra Amarilla Grant ...

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 19 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tierra Amarilla Grant.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tierra Amarilla Grant, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tierra Amarilla Grant.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tierra Amarilla Grant:

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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tierra Amarilla Grant) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Tierra Amarilla Grant, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.