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A visit to the Resthaven 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 Resthaven Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Resthaven Cemetery (FG ID #38358)

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 Resthaven Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.9861°   (32° 59' 9")

Lon:   -103.3186°   (-103° 19' 6")

The cemetery is located in Lea County<2>.

As an estimate, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Lovington.

The county seat for Lea County is located in Lovington. Lovington lies just to the southwest of the Resthaven Cemetery .

Name Variations for Resthaven Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Rest Haven Gardens

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.

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 18 that are within 26 miles [41.8 km]<3> of the Resthaven Cemetery.<4>

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

  • Lovington Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Lovington Cemetery is located in Lea County
  • Cox Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Cox Cemetery is located in Lea County
  • Old Plainview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Plainview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Old Plainview Cemetery is located in Lea County
  • King Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Knowles Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Knowles Cemetery is located in Lea County
  • Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Murphys Chapel Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Murphys Chapel Cemetery is located in Chaves County
  • Tatum Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Memdry Gardens
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memdry Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memdry Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Memdry Gardens is located in Lea County
  • Boone Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Memorial Park
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Memorial Park is located in Lea County
  • Field Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Everglades Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Everglades Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Everglades Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Everglades Cemetery is located in Lea County
    • Prairie Haven Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prairie Haven Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prairie Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Prairie Haven Cemetery is located in Lea County
    • Crockett Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crockett Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crockett Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Crockett Cemetery is located in Lea County
    • Morgan Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morgan Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morgan Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Morgan Cemetery is located in Lea County
    • Denver City Memorial Park
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Monument Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Monument Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Monument Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Monument Cemetery is located in Lea County

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]<3> of the Resthaven Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Resthaven 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 Resthaven Cemetery. The following communities are located in Lea County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

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 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 Resthaven 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 Resthaven Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #893871  (Rest Haven Gardens)
    • Note: GNIS record #893871 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: Lovington
    • County: Lea         Elev: 1189
    • Location given for GNIS #893871 (Rest Haven Gardens)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #38358

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

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>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Lea, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Resthaven Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9861, Longitude: -103.3186    
<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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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