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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 Hillburn City (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 Hillburn City. 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.

Hillburn City is located in Lea 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 Lea County: Chaves, Eddy, Roosevelt, Andrews (TX), Cochran (TX), Gaines (TX), Loving (TX), Winkler (TX) & Yoakum (TX).

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

  • Lea County     (The home county of Hillburn City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillburn City, with the one closest to Hillburn City listed first.
    • McDonald
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Lovington
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lovington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovington
      • Lovington is located in Lea County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,474 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovington <1>
    • Tatum
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Gladiola ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladiola
      • Gladiola is located in Lea County
    • Bronco
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bronco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Bronco is located in Lea County
    • Humble City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humble City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humble City
      • Humble City is located in Lea County
    • Air Base City
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Air Base City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Base City
      • Air Base City is located in Lea County
    • Arkansas Junction
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkansas Junction
      • Arkansas Junction is located in Lea County
    • Hobbs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Crossroads
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Maljamar
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gaines County (TX)
    • Denver City
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Yoakum County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hillburn City, with the one closest to Hillburn City listed first.
    • Bronco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bronco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
      • Bronco is located in Yoakum County (TX)
    • Plains
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plains
      • Plains is located in Yoakum County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,655 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plains <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Hillburn City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hillburn City.

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

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

  • Old Plainview Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Plainview Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Plainview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Cox Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Resthaven Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Resthaven Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northeast of Lovington.
    • The Resthaven Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Rest Haven Gardens
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38358 <4>
  • King Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the King Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the King Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<5> to the northwest of Tatum.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38152 <4>
  • Lovington Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovington Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovington Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tatum Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tatum Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Tatum Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Tatum.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1083266 <4>
  • Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Murphys Chapel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Murphys Chapel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Knowles Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knowles Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knowles Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Field Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Memdry Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memdry Gardens
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memdry Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Boone Cemetery
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boone Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Boone Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<5> to the south of Hobbs.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2208620 <4>
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Memorial Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Denver City Memorial Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Old New Hope Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old New Hope Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old New Hope Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38296 <4>

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

Newspapers Published in Hillburn City ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Hillburn City.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hillburn City, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hillburn City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Hillburn City:

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

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.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>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.
<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>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- Hillburn City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hillburn City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.0857, Longitude: -103.3163       In this case, the coordinates for Hillburn City have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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