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Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Virden Catholic Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Virden Catholic Cemetery (FG ID #2195460)

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 Virden Catholic Cemetery ...

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

Lat:   32.6843°   (32° 41' 3")

Lon:   -108.9826°   (-108° 58' 57")

The Virden Catholic Cemetery is located in Hidalgo County<2>.

The county seat for Hidalgo County is located in Lordsburg. Lordsburg lies 28 miles [45.1 km]<3> to the southeast of the Virden Catholic Cemetery .

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Virden Catholic Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to New Mexico:
  • Pages specific to Hidalgo County:
  • Genealogy information for nearby counties:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Virden Catholic 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 12 communities are within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of the Virden Catholic Cemetery.

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

    • Virden
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virden have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virden
      • Virden is located in Hidalgo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 125 people
    • Franklin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
    • Duncan
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
      • Duncan is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duncan <5>
    • Redrock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Sheldon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
      • Sheldon is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
    • York
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
      • York is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
    • Whitlock Cienega ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitlock Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitlock Cienega
      • Whitlock Cienega is located in Graham County (AZ)
    • Guthrie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Guthrie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
      • Guthrie is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
    • Shakespeare ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
      • Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
      • Former name for Shakespeare:
      • Ralston City
    • Lordsburg
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cliff
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Buckhorn
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

    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 Virden Catholic Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Hidalgo County.

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

    We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

    • Duncan
      • Duncan lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the West Northwest (WNW) of the Virden Catholic Cemetery.
      • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Duncan.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncan
    • Lordsburg

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 12 that are within 28 miles [45.1 km] of the Virden Catholic Cemetery.<6>

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

    • Virden Cemetery
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • The Virden Cemetery is located in Hidalgo County
      • The Virden Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Virden LDS Cemetery
      • Virden LDS Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virden Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2171353 <1>
    • Franklin Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Old Duncan Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Duncan Valley Cemetery
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Sheldon Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • The Sheldon Cemetery is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sheldon Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the southeast of Duncan (AZ).
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sheldon Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1087224 <1>
    • Redrock Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redrock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Redrock Cemetery is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redrock Cemetery
    • John James Giddings Gravesite
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John James Giddings Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The John James Giddings Gravesite is located in Cochise County (AZ)
      • The John James Giddings Gravesite has also been known as:
      • Giddings Grave
      • Giddings Gravesite
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John James Giddings Gravesite
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #57018 <1>
    • Clark Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Clark Cemetery is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark Cemetery
    • Mountain View Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Clifton Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • The Clifton Cemetery is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
      • The Clifton Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Wards Canyon Cemetery
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clifton Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #56995 <1>
    • Shakespeare Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stout Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Stout Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Stout Cemetery is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stout Cemetery

    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 Virden Catholic Cemetery:

    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 Hidalgo, 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 Virden Catholic Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6843, Longitude: -108.9826    
    <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.




 

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