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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Escondillo (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 Escondillo. 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.

Escondillo is located in Santa Fe County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Santa Fe County: Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval & Torrance.

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

  • Santa Fe County     (The home county of Escondillo)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • Cundiyo
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Rio Chiquito
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Rio Chiquito is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Chiquito
    • La Puebla
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • La Puebla is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puebla
    • Arroyo Seco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
    • Cuartelez
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Cuartelez is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuartelez
    • El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Rio en Medio
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
    • Cuyamungue
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
    • Pojoaque
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Sombrillo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Sombrillo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sombrillo
    • Chupadero
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
    • Jacona
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • White Rock
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Los Alamos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • Holman
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Pacheco Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
    • Abuelo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
    • Cleveland
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Ledoux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • Cordova
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Chimayo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Truchas
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Espanola
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • San Juan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
    • Alcalde
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • La Villita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • La Villita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Villita
    • Los Luceros
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Luceros
    • Chamita
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • Estaca
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Estaca is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaca
    • Hernandez
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • Cowles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Rociada
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Pendaries Village
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Pecos
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <1>
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo listed first.
    • Trampas
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallecito
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Chamisal
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Llano
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Penasco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Picuris Pueblo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Picuris Pueblo is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picuris Pueblo
    • Rio Lucio
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Rio Lucio is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Lucio
    • Vadito
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pilar
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Angostura
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Angostura is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angostura
    • Tres Ritos
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Tres Ritos is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Ritos
    • Ojo Caliente
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Escondillo ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Escondillo.

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.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Escondillo - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Escondillo, with the one closest to Escondillo 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.<4>

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

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

  • Pojoaque
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jacona
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Santa Cruz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Espanola
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Alcalde
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Chamita
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
  • Velarde
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Embudo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Penasco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Rinconada
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Rinconada is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinconada
  • Santa Fe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Barranca
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Barranca is located in Taos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barranca
  • Continue List   (5 more) ...

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

Newspapers Published in Escondillo ...

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 105 newspapers that have been published in the area around Escondillo.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Escondillo, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Escondillo.

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 helpful 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 Escondillo:

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Escondillo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<4>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 Escondillo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.