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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 Corrales (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 Corrales. 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.

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 hospitals and doctors 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.

Corrales is primarily located in Bernalillo County. A portion of Corrales extends into 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 Bernalillo County: Cibola, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance & Valencia.

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

  • Bernalillo County     (The home county of Corrales)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corrales, with the one closest to Corrales listed first.
    • Alameda
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • North Valley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
      • North Valley is located in Bernalillo County
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,129 people
    • Rio Rancho
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Paradise Hills
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
      • Paradise Hills is located in Bernalillo County
    • Sandia Heights
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
    • Albuquerque
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Hoffmantown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
    • Martinez Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martinez Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinez Town
      • Martinez Town is located in Bernalillo County
    • Mesa Village
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mesa Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Village
      • Mesa Village is located in Bernalillo County
    • Old Town
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Bernalillo County
    • Canada Village
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Village
      • Canada Village is located in Bernalillo County
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corrales, with the one closest to Corrales listed first.
    • Pueblo of Sandia Village
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo of Sandia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo of Sandia Village
      • Pueblo of Sandia Village is located in Sandoval County
    • Bernalillo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernalillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernalillo
      • Bernalillo is located in Sandoval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,865 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernalillo <1>
    • Placitas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placitas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
      • Placitas is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placitas <1>
    • Algodones
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • 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>
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • 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
    • Zia Pueblo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zia Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zia Pueblo
      • Zia Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Domingo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
    • San Ysidro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jemez Pueblo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corrales, with the one closest to Corrales listed first.
    • San Pedro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • 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
    • Cedar Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
    • Edgewood
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Madrid
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • 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>
    • Los Cerrillos
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
  • Valencia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Corrales, with the one closest to Corrales listed first.
    • Bosque Farms
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bosque Farms have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bosque Farms
      • Bosque Farms is located in Valencia County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,851 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bosque Farms <1>
    • Peralta
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Los Lunas
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Meadow Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
      • Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
    • Valencia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Valencia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valencia
      • Valencia is located in Valencia County

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Corrales ...

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 173 newspapers that have been published in the area around Corrales.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Corrales. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Corrales and those printed in the larger area surrounding Corrales.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3> of Corrales.

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 Corrales:

Cemeteries Near Corrales ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Corrales.

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 Corrales covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • San Ysidro Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
  • Sandoval Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandoval Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandoval Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38431 <4>
  • Vista Verde Memorial Park
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • San Carlos Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Sandia Memory Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
  • Gate of Heaven Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Bernalillo Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bernalillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bernalillo Cemetery
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Perea Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Calvary Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Albuquerque.
    • The Mt. Calvary Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery
    • Santa Barbara Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38252 <4>
  • Sunset Memorial Park
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (48 more) ...

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Corrales had a population of 50 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Corrales had a population of 8,701 people.

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

  • Alameda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Albuquerque
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pajarito ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pajarito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
    • Pajarito is located in Bernalillo County
  • Barr
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr
    • Barr is located in Bernalillo County
  • San Pedro
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Isleta
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • 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
  • Peralta
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • 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

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

The official website for Corrales: www.corralesnm.org/

The official website for Bernalillo County: www.bernco.gov/

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 from Point A (ie- Corrales) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Corrales. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.2378, Longitude: -106.6069    
<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 Corrales, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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