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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 El Ancon (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 El Ancon. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 east contained birth and death records; the county to the south 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.

El Ancon is located in San Miguel 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 San Miguel County: Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Santa Fe & Torrance.

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

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of El Ancon)
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Ancon, with the one closest to El Ancon listed first.
    • San Miguel
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Coruco
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
      • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
    • Ribera
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Ilfeld
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Serafina
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Chapelle
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelle
      • Chapelle is located in San Miguel County
    • Villanueva
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tecolote
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tecolote have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
      • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • El Cerrito
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cerrito
      • El Cerrito is located in San Miguel County
    • Rowe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Apache Springs
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Springs
      • Apache Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Romero
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romero have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Ancon, with the one closest to El Ancon listed first.
    • Upper Anton Chico
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Anton Chico
      • Upper Anton Chico is located in Guadalupe County
    • Dahlia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dahlia have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
      • Dahlia is located in Guadalupe County
    • Anton Chico
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dilia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilia
      • Dilia is located in Guadalupe County
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from El Ancon, with the one closest to El Ancon listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada de los Alamos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Galisteo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galisteo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galisteo
      • Galisteo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galisteo <2>
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldorado at Santa Fe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
    • Seton Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
  • Torrance County

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

Newspapers Published in El Ancon ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around El Ancon.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of El Ancon, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for El Ancon.

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 websites either 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 El Ancon:

Cemeteries Near El Ancon ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of El Ancon.

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

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

  • Pueblo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • San Isidro De Labador Church Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • El Cerrito Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • San Pablo Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Pablo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Pablo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38425 <4>
  • Lagunita Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Santo Nino Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Rencona Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Tecolote Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • The Tecolote Cemetery has also been known as:
    • La Manga Cemetery
    • Santa Nino de Atocha Cemetery
    • Santo Nino Church Cemetery
    • Santo Nino de Atocha Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tecolote Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38166 <4>
  • San Geronimo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Geronimo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Geronimo Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38403 <4>
  • Rowe Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowe Cemetery
  • Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Rowe.
    • The Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
    • Sagrada Familia Churchyard Cemetery
    • St. Josephs Chapel Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353488 <4>
  • Continue List   (42 more) ...
    • Romero Cemetery
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Juan Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the San Juan Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the San Juan Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Villanueva.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Juan Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38416 <4>
    • San Miguelito Cemetery
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Miguelito Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Miguelito Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38424 <4>

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.<6>

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

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

  • San Miguel
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
  • Sands
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
  • Blanchard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blanchard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
    • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
  • Bernal
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
    • Bernal is located in San Miguel County
  • Villanueva
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Tecolote
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tecolote have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
  • Rowe
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Romero
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romero have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Romero is located in San Miguel County
  • Pecos
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
  • Las Vegas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Las Vegas have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
    • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
  • Hot Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Glorieta
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamy
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • San Ignacio
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ignacio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
      • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County

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

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- El Ancon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in El Ancon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3891, Longitude: -105.4588    
<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>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.
<6>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 El Ancon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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