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A visit to the Old Fort Sumner Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery (FG ID #38292)

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 Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery

Lat:   34.4037°   (34° 24' 13")

Lon:   -104.1934°   (-104° 11' 36")

The cemetery is located in DeBaca County<3>.

As an estimate, the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery is located 5 miles [8 km]<2> to the northwest of Fort Sumner.

The county seat for DeBaca County is located in Fort Sumner. Fort Sumner lies just to the north northwest of the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 30 miles [48.3 km] of the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery.<4>

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

  • La Lande Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Lande Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Lande Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The La Lande Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Ft. Sumner Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ricardo Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ricardo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ricardo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ricardo Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Taiban Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taiban Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Taiban Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Taiban Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Morris Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morris Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morris Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Morris Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Blanco Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Blanco Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Blanco Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Blanco Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Locust Grove Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Locust Grove Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Locust Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Locust Grove Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Tolar Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Gerhardt Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guadalupe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Guadalupe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Guadalupe Cemetery is located in DeBaca County
  • Trotter Gravesite
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Salado Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Salado Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Salado Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Salado Cemetery is located in Guadalupe County
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38393 <1>
  • Continue List   (8 more) ...

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

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 5 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km] of the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery.

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

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 Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in DeBaca County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Fort Sumner
  • House
    • House lies 23 miles [37 km]<2> to the Northeast (NE) of the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for House.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
  • Taiban
    • Taiban lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the East Northeast (ENE) of the Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Taiban.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taiban

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Old Ft. Sumner 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 Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #897155  (Old Fort Sumner Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #897155 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: Fort Sumner East
    • County: De Baca         Elev: 1209
    • Location given for GNIS #897155 (Old Fort Sumner Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #38292

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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 Old Ft. Sumner Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4037, Longitude: -104.1934    
<3>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including DeBaca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 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.
<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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