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A visit to the Colonias Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Colonias Cemetery ...

Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Colonias Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Colonias Cemetery

Lat:   36.4506°   (36° 27' 2")

Lon:   -105.6142°   (-105° 36' 51")

The Colonias Cemetery is located in Taos County<2>.

The county seat for Taos County is located in Taos. Taos lies just to the southeast of the Colonias Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 23 that are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Colonias Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Colonias Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Graham Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Graham Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Graham Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Graham Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • LaLoma Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the LaLoma Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the LaLoma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The LaLoma Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Kit Carson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kit Carson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kit Carson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Kit Carson Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Sierra Vista Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sierra Vista Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sierra Vista Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Sierra Vista Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Campo Santo del Pueblo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Campo Santo del Pueblo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Campo Santo del Pueblo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Campo Santo del Pueblo Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Penas Negras Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Penas Negras Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Penas Negras Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Penas Negras Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Pacheco Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pacheco Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pacheco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Pacheco Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Los Cruces Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Cruces Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Cruces Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Los Cruces Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Los Dolores Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Los Dolores Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Los Dolores Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Los Dolores Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Canon Brethren Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Canon Brethren Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Canon Brethren Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Canon Brethren Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Rael Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rael Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rael Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rael Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Hart Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hart Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Hart Cemetery is located in Taos County
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Descariso Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Descariso Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Descariso Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Descariso Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • St. Francis Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Francis Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Francis Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The St. Francis Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • Talpa Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Talpa Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Talpa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Talpa Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • Picuris Pueblo Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Picuris Pueblo Cemetery
      • The Picuris Pueblo Cemetery is located in Taos County
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Picuris Pueblo Cemetery is located in Picuris Pueblo.
      • The Picuris Pueblo Cemetery has also been known as:
      • San Lorenzo de Picuris Parish Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405843 <5>
    • Veterans Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Veterans Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Veterans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Veterans Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • St. Anthony Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Rio Lucio Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rio Lucio Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rio Lucio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Rio Lucio Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • Ramon Sanchez Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ramon Sanchez Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ramon Sanchez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Ramon Sanchez Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • Griego Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griego Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Griego Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • San Pedro Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Pedro Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Pedro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The San Pedro Cemetery is located in Taos County
    • Black Lake Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Black Lake Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Black Lake Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Black Lake Cemetery is located in Colfax County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 17 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Colonias Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Colonias Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • El Prado
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ranchito
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Taos
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Canon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon
    • Canon is located in Taos County
  • Taos Pueblo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taos Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Pueblo
    • Taos Pueblo is located in Taos County
  • Arroyo Seco
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Ranchos de Taos
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Arroyo Hondo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Valdez
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Talpa
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
    • Talpa is located in Taos County
  • Kiowa Village
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kiowa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa Village
    • Kiowa Village is located in Taos County
  • Shady Brook
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
    • Shady Brook is located in Taos County
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...
    • Carson
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • San Cristobal
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lama
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lama
      • Lama is located in Taos County
    • Taos Ski Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taos Ski Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Ski Valley
      • Taos Ski Valley is located in Taos County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taos Ski Valley <6>
    • Valle Escondido
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Colonias Cemetery. The following communities are located in Taos County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Colonias Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Questa
  • Taos
    • Taos lies 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the Southeast (SE) of the Colonias Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Taos.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Colonias Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Colonias Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #905263  (Colonias Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #905263 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Taos
    • County: Taos         Elev: 2162
    • Location given for GNIS #905263 (Colonias Cemetery)

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Taos, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Colonias Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4506, Longitude: -105.6142       In this case, the coordinates for the Colonias Cemetery have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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