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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 Boles Acres (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 Boles Acres. 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.

Name Variations for Boles Acres ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

While the name of this community is Boles Acres, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Boles Acres may originally have been Bole's Acres.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Boles Acres might be written as Bole Acres.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest 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 north.

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 north 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.

Boles Acres is located in Otero 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 Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).

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

  • Otero County     (The home county of Boles Acres)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Boles Acres, with the one closest to Boles Acres listed first.
    • Alamogordo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamogordo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamogordo
      • Alamogordo is located in Otero County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamogordo <3>
    • Sunspot
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
      • Sunspot is located in Otero County
    • La Luz
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • High Rolls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
      • High Rolls is located in Otero County
    • Mountain Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Mountain Park is located in Otero County
    • Cloudcroft
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tularosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Timberon
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberon
      • Timberon is located in Otero County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timberon <3>
    • Sacramento
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bent
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Hortonville
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Hortonville is located in Otero County
    • Mescalero
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Weed
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Boles Acres ...

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 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Boles Acres.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Boles Acres, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Boles Acres.

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 websites either 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 Boles Acres:

Cemeteries Near Boles Acres ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Boles Acres.

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

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

  • Monte Vista Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Dove of the Desert Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Our Lady of the Light Catholic Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • La Luz Community Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Marcia Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcia Cemetery
  • Bass Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bass Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • The Sacred Heart Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Tularosa Catholic Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Carner Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • James Canyon Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffers Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Walters Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Walters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Walters Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38504 <5>
    • Parker Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Sixteen Springs Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sixteen Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sixteen Springs Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Otero County: www.co.otero.nm.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Boles Acres) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Boles Acres. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8071, Longitude: -105.9839    
<5>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.




 

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