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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Cochiti Lake (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cochiti Lake. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Cochiti Lake ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Cochiti Lake: Cochiti Lk.

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.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Cochiti Lake is located in Sandoval County.

To see how the shape of New Mexico's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

Below are the counties that are near Cochiti Lake. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cochiti Lake:

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Cochiti Lake)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Pena Blanca
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pena Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pena Blanca
      • Pena Blanca is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pena Blanca <1>
    • Sile
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
    • Domingo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Felipe Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
    • Ponderosa
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Algodones
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Ana Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana Pueblo
      • Santa Ana Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana Pueblo <1>
    • Jemez Springs
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
    • Jemez Pueblo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.
    • White Rock
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
    • Los Alamos
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Clara Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Espanola
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.
    • La Cienega
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
    • Agua Fria
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Los Cerrillos
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Madrid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
      • Madrid is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <1>
    • San Ildefonso Pueblo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ildefonso Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ildefonso Pueblo
      • San Ildefonso Pueblo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Santa Fe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • El Rancho
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Rancho have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho
      • El Rancho is located in Santa Fe County
    • Pajarito
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
      • Pajarito is located in Santa Fe County
    • Seton Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jaconita
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaconita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaconita
      • Jaconita is located in Santa Fe County
    • Cuyamungue
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cochiti Lake, see our County-by-County Page for Cochiti Lake.

Newspapers Published in Cochiti Lake ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 104 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cochiti Lake.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cochiti Lake, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cochiti Lake.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cochiti Lake:

Cemeteries Near Cochiti Lake ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cochiti Lake.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cochiti Lake covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

While we didn't find Cochiti Lake in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cochiti Lake.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Cochiti Lake, with the one closest to Cochiti Lake listed first.

  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
  • Los Cerrillos
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Santa Fe
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ortiz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
  • Jacona
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
  • Pojoaque
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pojoaque have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pojoaque
    • Pojoaque is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pojoaque <1>
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
  • Espanola
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lamy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Santa Cruz
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • San Pedro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cochiti Lake. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cochiti Lake.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cochiti Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sandoval County: www.sandovalcounty.com/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Cochiti Lake) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cochiti Lake. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.6485, Longitude: -106.3360    
<4>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.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cochiti Lake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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