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Introduction ...

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

We've added Bland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bland, 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 Bland (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 Bland. 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 doctors 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 Bland is historic, it would have been located within present day Sandoval County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Bland)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bland, with the one closest to Bland listed first.
    • Cochiti Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jemez Springs
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Ponderosa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sile
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Pena Blanca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Seven Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Seven Springs is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seven Springs
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jemez Pueblo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Domingo
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • San Ysidro
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Zia Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Zia Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zia Pueblo
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bland, with the one closest to Bland listed first.
    • Los Alamos
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • White Rock
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bland, with the one closest to Bland listed first.
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
    • Espanola
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hernandez
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Arroyo del Agua
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Arroyo del Agua is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo del Agua
    • Canones
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Coyote
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Chamita
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • El Duende
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • El Duende is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Duende
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Juan
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Bland, with the one closest to Bland listed first.
    • Pajarito
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Pajarito is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
    • San Ildefonso Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • San Ildefonso Pueblo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ildefonso Pueblo
    • El Rancho
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • El Rancho is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho
    • La Cienega
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
    • Jaconita
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jaconita is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaconita
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
    • Agua Fria
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jacona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Cuyamungue
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
    • Pojoaque
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Santo Nino
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Santo Nino is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Nino
    • Arroyo Seco
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco

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

Cemeteries Near Bland ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Bland.

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 Bland - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Jemez Springs Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Ponderosa Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Guaje Pines Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sile Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile Cemetery
    • The Sile Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Santa Barbara Cathholic Church de Sile Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38454 <3>
  • Pena Blanca Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Canon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • La Bajada Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • San Ysidro Catholic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • San Ildefonso Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Black Mesa Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rosario Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (28 more) ...

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 Bland in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Bland.

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

  • Jacona
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Pojoaque
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Espanola
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Santa Cruz
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Coyote
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Los Cerrillos
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Santa Fe
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Chamita
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Bland ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Bland.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Bland. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Bland and those printed in the larger area surrounding Bland.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4> of Bland.

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 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 Bland:

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 Bland, 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>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bland) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.