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A visit to the Mission Garden Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

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

We discovered that his burial plans had changed 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 Mission Garden Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Mission Garden Cemetery:

34.4062, -103.2433

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

The Mission Garden Cemetery is located in Curry County<2>.

The county seat for Curry County is located in Clovis. Clovis lies just to the east northeast of the Mission Garden Cemetery .

Open a Google Map centered on the Mission Garden Cemetery.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 22 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Mission Garden Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Lawn Haven Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Lawn Haven Cemetery is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawn Haven Cemetery
  • Texico Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • The Texico Cemetery is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texico Cemetery
  • Old Farwell Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • The Old Farwell Cemetery is located in Parmer County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Farwell Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Portales Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • The Portales Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Portales Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Portales.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #168587 <5>
  • West Camp Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • The Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the south of Portales.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38359 <5>
  • Eiland Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • The Eiland Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eiland Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Eiland Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the west of Arch.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38037 <5>
  • Lariat Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • The Lariat Cemetery is located in Parmer County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lariat Cemetery
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • The Memorial Cemetery is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memorial Cemetery
  • Arch Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • The Arch Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arch Cemetery is located in Arch.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37944 <5>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Roach Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • The Roach Cemetery is located in Curry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roach Cemetery
    • North Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • The North Cemetery is located in Curry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cemetery
    • Floyd Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Field Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • The Field Cemetery is located in Curry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Cemetery
    • Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • The Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery is located in Bailey County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery
      • The Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Bailey County Memorial Park
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #235573 <5>
    • Stockton Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Bailey County Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • The Bailey County Cemetery is located in Bailey County (TX)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey County Cemetery
      • The Bailey County Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Hill Top Cemetery
      • Muleshoe Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #5465 <5>
    • Grady City Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • The Grady City Cemetery is located in Curry County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady City Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Grady City Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Grady.
    • Upton Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Zion Cemetery
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • The Mt. Zion Cemetery is located in Roosevelt County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Zion Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Zion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the north of Dora.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38257 <5>

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 14 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Mission Garden Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Mission Garden Cemetery, with the nearest first:

  • Clovis
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Farwell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Farwell is located in Parmer County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farwell <6>
  • Texico
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Saint Vrain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Portales
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Arch
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Arch is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arch
  • Bovina
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Bovina is located in Parmer County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,755 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovina <6>
  • Floyd
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <6>
  • Melrose
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Weber City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
  • Broadview
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Grady
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Rogers
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Rogers is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
  • Bellview
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Bellview is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview

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 Mission Garden Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Curry County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Bovina
    • Bovina lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mission Garden Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Bovina.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
  • Clovis
    • Clovis lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Mission Garden Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Clovis.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clovis
  • Grady
    • Grady lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the North (N) of the Mission Garden Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Grady.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
  • Melrose
  • Portales
  • Saint Vrain
  • Texico

Websites to help with your 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 websites are open to everyone.

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

  • Pages specific to New Mexico:
  • Pages specific to Curry County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:

    • 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 Mission Garden Cemetery:

    • Referenced GNIS Record ...
    • GNIS ID #892114  (Mission Garden Cemetery)
      • Note: In 2021, GNIS record #892114 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
      • BGN Class: cemetery
      • County: Curry
      • Est. Elev: 1314 (in feet)
      • Topo Map Name: Clovis
      • Location given for Mission Garden Cemetery:
      • Lat: 34.4061879     Lon: -103.2432835
      • Open a Google Map centered on the above location.

    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 Curry, 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 things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mission Garden Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
    <4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add.
    <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.