A visit to the Valley Heights 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 Valley Heights Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Valley Heights Cemetery (FG ID #2189785)

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 Valley Heights Cemetery ...

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

Lat: 31.8367° (31° 50' 12")

Lon: -107.6620° (-107° 39' 43")

The Valley Heights Cemetery is located in Luna County<2>.

The county seat for Luna County is located in Deming. Deming lies 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> to the north of the Valley Heights Cemetery .

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 professional and volunteer 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 Valley Heights Cemetery:

Pages specific to New Mexico:
Pages specific to Luna County:
Cemetery Information and Directories:
- From Find-A-Grave:
- The Valley Heights Cemetery (FG ID #2189785)
- From Cyndi's List:
- Cemeteries of New Mexico
- Cemeteries of Luna County
- Cemetery Junction:
- Directory for New Mexico
- From FamilySearch:
- Cemeteries Wiki for New Mexico
- From Interment.net:
- Cemeteries of New Mexico
About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the Valley Heights Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 3 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3> of the Valley Heights Cemetery.

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

Columbus
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Columbus is located in Luna County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,622 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <5>
Border City ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Border City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Border City is located in Luna County
Sunshine ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
- Sunshine is located in Luna County

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 Valley Heights Cemetery. The following communities are located in Luna County.

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

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Columbus
- Columbus lies less than 2 miles<3> to the East Southeast (ESE) of the Valley Heights Cemetery.
- Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Columbus.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 4 that are within 29 miles [46.7 km] of the Valley Heights Cemetery.<6>

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

Carroll Cemetery
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carroll Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Carroll Cemetery is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carroll Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37983 <1>
Victorio Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Victorio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- The Victorio Cemetery is located in Luna County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Victorio Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38501 <1>
Lewis Flats Cemetery
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- The Lewis Flats Cemetery is located in Luna County
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Lewis Flats Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<3> to the west of Deming.
- The Lewis Flats Cemetery has also been known as:
- Lewis Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Flats Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38181 <1>
Mountain View Cemetery
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- The Mountain View Cemetery is located in Luna County
- The Mountain View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mt. View Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38261 <1>

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

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 Valley Heights Cemetery:

Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry: #2189785

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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 Luna, 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Valley Heights Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.8367, Longitude: -107.6620
<4>	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.
<5>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>	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.