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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 Arrey (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 Arrey. 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 hospitals and 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.

Arrey is located in Sierra 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 Sierra County: Catron, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln, Luna, Otero & Socorro.

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

  • Sierra County     (The home county of Arrey)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arrey, with the one closest to Arrey listed first.
    • Caballo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Las Palomas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
      • Las Palomas is located in Sierra County
    • Hillsboro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Lake Valley ‑ Historic
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
      • Lake Valley is located in Sierra County
    • Williamsburg
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
      • Williamsburg is located in Sierra County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <1>
    • Truth or Consequences
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Cutter ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
      • Cutter is located in Sierra County
    • Elephant Butte
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
      • Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <1>
    • Cuchillo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
      • Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
    • Rock Canyon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
      • Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
  • Dona Ana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arrey, with the one closest to Arrey listed first.
    • Garfield
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Dona Ana County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <1>
    • Hatch
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
      • Hatch is located in Dona Ana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <1>
    • Rincon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rincon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
      • Rincon is located in Dona Ana County
    • Tonuco
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tonuco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonuco
      • Tonuco is located in Dona Ana County
  • Luna County
    • Nutt ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutt
      • Nutt is located in Luna County

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

Newspapers Published in Arrey ...

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 14 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arrey.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arrey, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arrey.

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 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 Arrey:

Cemeteries Near Arrey ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arrey.

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

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

  • Caballo Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caballo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caballo Cemetery
  • Palomas Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Palomas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Palomas Cemetery
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatch Cemetery
  • Placitas Hill Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rodey Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodey Cemetery
  • Rincon Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rincon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rincon Cemetery
  • Cutter Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cutter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cutter Cemetery
  • Elephant Butte Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Elephant Butte Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elephant Butte Cemetery
  • Graham Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
  • Engle Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Engle Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Engle 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.<4>

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

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

  • Las Palomas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
    • Las Palomas is located in Sierra County
  • Hatch
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
    • Hatch is located in Dona Ana County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <1>
  • Hillsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lake Valley ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
    • Lake Valley is located in Sierra County
  • Rincon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rincon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
    • Rincon is located in Dona Ana County
  • Cutter ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cutter have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutter
    • Cutter is located in Sierra County
  • Kingston ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Kingston is located in Sierra County
  • Tonuco
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tonuco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonuco
    • Tonuco is located in Dona Ana County
  • Cuchillo
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
    • Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
  • Engle ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Engle have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engle
    • Engle is located in Sierra County

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

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

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

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 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Arrey) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arrey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8488, Longitude: -107.3196    
<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 Arrey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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