Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Gold Hill. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gold Hill to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gold Hill, please Contact Us.

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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 Gold Hill (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 Gold Hill. 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 Gold Hill ...

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.

Another variation: Goldhill.

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 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Gold Hill is historic, it would have been located within present day Grant 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 Grant County: Greenlee (AZ), Catron, Hidalgo, Luna & Sierra.

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

• Grant County     (The home county of Gold Hill)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
  • Separ
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
    • Separ is located in Grant County
  • Redrock
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redrock
    • Redrock is located in Grant County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redrock <2>
  • Silver City
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
    • Silver City is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <2>
  • Hurley
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
    • Hurley is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <2>
• Hidalgo County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Gold Hill, with the one closest to Gold Hill listed first.
  • Lordsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lordsburg
    • Lordsburg is located in Hidalgo County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,341 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lordsburg <2>
  • Shakespeare ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shakespeare
    • Shakespeare is located in Hidalgo County
    • Former name for Shakespeare:
    • Ralston City
  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass

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

Newspapers Published in Gold Hill ...

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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Gold Hill.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Gold Hill, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Gold Hill.

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 Gold Hill:

• Websites specific to New Mexico
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the State Records Center and Archives

• Pages specific to Grant County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • Hidalgo County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Grant County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of New Mexico
  • Cemeteries of Grant County

Cemeteries Near Gold Hill ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gold Hill.

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

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

• Gold Hill Cemetery
  (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Hill Cemetery
• Mountain View Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain View Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38264 <5>
• Shakespeare Cemetery
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shakespeare Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38451 <5>
• Redrock Cemetery
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Redrock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Redrock Cemetery
• Valley View Community Church Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Valley View Community Church Cemetery
  • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1762309 <5>
• Hurley Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurley Cemetery
• Memory Cemetery
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Cemetery

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.

Gold Hill itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 15 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

• Separ
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
  • Separ is located in Grant County
• Alhambra ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alhambra have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
  • Alhambra is located in Grant County
• Wilna
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilna
  • Wilna is located in Grant County
• Whitewater
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
  • Whitewater is located in Grant County
• Silver City
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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