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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Alire. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Alire to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alire, please Contact Us.

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 Alire (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 Alire. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Alire is historic, it would have been located within present day Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.

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

  • Rio Arriba County     (The home county of Alire)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Alire, with the one closest to Alire listed first.
    • Cebolla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Canjilon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Rutheron
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
      • Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Los Ojos
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Llaves
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
      • Llaves is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Brazos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
      • Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Canones
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Coyote
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Gallina
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Arroyo del Agua
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo del Agua
      • Arroyo del Agua is located in Rio Arriba County
    • El Rito
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Abiquiu
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Vallecitos
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Sandoval County

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

Newspapers Published in Alire ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Alire.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Alire, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Alire.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Alire:

Cemeteries Near Alire ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Alire.

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 Alire covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Cedar Grove Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cedar Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cedar Grove Cemetery
  • Canjilon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canjilon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canjilon Cemetery
  • Rutheron Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Youngsville Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Youngsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Youngsville Cemetery
  • San Miguel Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Miguel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Miguel Cemetery
  • Tusas Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tusas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tusas Cemetery
  • Chama Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chama Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chama Cemetery

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.

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

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

  • Tierra Amarilla ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tierra Amarilla have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tierra Amarilla
    • Tierra Amarilla is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Coyote
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Abiquiu
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • El Rito
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Vallecitos
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Willow Creek
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willow Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
    • Willow Creek is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Chama
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
    • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <2>

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Alire, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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- Alire) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4764, Longitude: -106.5809       In this case, the coordinates for Alire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.




 

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