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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 Gary (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 Gary. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.

Gary is located in Hidalgo 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 Hidalgo County: Cochise (AZ), Greenlee (AZ), Grant & Luna.

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

  • Hidalgo County     (The home county of Gary)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gary, with the one closest to Gary listed first.
    • Shakespeare ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
      • Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
      • Former name for Shakespeare:
      • Ralston City
    • Lordsburg
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Steins ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
      • Steins is located in Hidalgo County
      • Former name for Steins:
      • Stein's Pass
    • Cotton City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
      • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County
    • Animas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Windmill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
      • Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
    • Virden
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Virden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Gary, with the one closest to Gary listed first.
    • Separ
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
      • Separ is located in Grant County
    • Redrock
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Cochise County (AZ)
  • Greenlee County (AZ)
    • Franklin
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Greenlee County (AZ)

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

Newspapers Published in Gary ...

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 2 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gary.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gary, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gary.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Gary:

Cemeteries Near Gary ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gary.

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

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

  • Shakespeare Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Steins Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Valley View Community Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • John James Giddings Gravesite
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John James Giddings Gravesite have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • 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 <4>
  • Busy Bee Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • The Busy Bee Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Animas LDS Cemetery
    • Animas LDS Cemetery
    • Cotton City LDS Cemetery
    • Cotton City LDS Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Busy Bee Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2454001 <4>
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Hill Cemetery
  • Virden Catholic Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Virden Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Redrock Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redrock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redrock Cemetery
  • Franklin Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Gary in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Gary.

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

  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass
  • Gold Hill ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gold Hill is located in Grant County
  • Separ
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
    • Separ is located in Grant County
  • San Simon
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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' (or 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- Gary) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Gary. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.3242, Longitude: -108.8184       In this case, the coordinates for Gary have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Gary, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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