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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 Hurley (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 Hurley. 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 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.

Hurley is located in 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 Hurley. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Hurley:

  • Grant County     (The home county of Hurley)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Hurley, with the one closest to Hurley listed first.
    • Bayard
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayard have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
      • Bayard is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayard <2>
    • Central
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
      • Central is located in Grant County
    • Cobre
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
      • Cobre is located in Grant County
    • Santa Clara
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Clara have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
      • Santa Clara is located in Grant County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
    • Vanadium
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
      • Vanadium is located in Grant County
    • Fort Bayard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Arenas Valley
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
      • Arenas Valley is located in Grant County
    • Hanover
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
      • Hanover is located in Grant County
    • Santa Rita ‑ Historic
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Rita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
      • Santa Rita is located in Grant County
    • Silver City
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Little Walnut Village
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Walnut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
      • Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
    • Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
      • Pinos Altos is located in Grant County
  • Luna County
    • Old Town
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Luna County
  • San Miguel County

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

Newspapers Published in Hurley ...

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 Hurley.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Hurley, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Hurley.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Hurley:

Cemeteries Near Hurley ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Hurley.

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

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

  • Hurley Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hurley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hurley Cemetery
  • Vanadium Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ft. Bayard / New Mexico Memorial Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Ft. Bayard National Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cemetery #5
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery #5 have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery #5
  • Hanover Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cemetery #4
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cemetery #4 have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cemetery #4
  • Memory Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memory Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memory Cemetery
  • Fierro Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fierro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fierro Cemetery
  • Georgetown Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Georgetown Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Georgetown Cemetery
  • Hicks Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hicks Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hicks Cemetery
  • Cooks Peak Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cooks Peak Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Peak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38010 <5>
  • Gold Hill Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gold Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gold Hill Cemetery
  • Clark Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Clark Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clark 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.<6>

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

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

  • Central
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Grant County
  • Fort Bayard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Whitewater
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitewater have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
    • Whitewater is located in Grant County
  • Santa Rita ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Rita have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
    • Santa Rita is located in Grant County
  • Hanover
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
    • Hanover is located in Grant County
  • Silver City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
    • Pinos Altos is located in Grant County
  • Mimbres
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alhambra ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alhambra have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alhambra
    • Alhambra is located in Grant County
  • Kingston ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Kingston is located in Sierra County
  • Gold Hill ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gold Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
    • Gold Hill is located in Grant County

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hurley. 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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Hurley) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Hurley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.6983, Longitude: -108.1321       In this case, the coordinates for Hurley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.
<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 Hurley, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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