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Introduction ...

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

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

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 La Bajada (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 La Bajada. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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 La Bajada is historic, it would have been located within present day 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 La Bajada. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to La Bajada:

  • Santa Fe County     (The home county of La Bajada)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Bajada, with the one closest to La Bajada listed first.
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
    • La Cienega
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
    • Los Cerrillos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Madrid
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Agua Fria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
    • Seton Village
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
    • Santa Fe
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Galisteo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Lamy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
    • San Pedro
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Bajada, with the one closest to La Bajada listed first.
    • Sandia Knolls
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
    • Sandia Park
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Canoncito
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
    • Sandia Heights
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
    • Corrales
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Bajada, with the one closest to La Bajada listed first.
    • White Rock
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
    • Los Alamos
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Bajada, with the one closest to La Bajada listed first.
    • Domingo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • Pena Blanca
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sile
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Cochiti Lake
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
    • Algodones
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
    • Placitas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Bernalillo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ponderosa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)

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

Cemeteries Near La Bajada ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Bajada.

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 La Bajada - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • La Bajada Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Rosario Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Pena Blanca Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • San Jose Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sile Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile Cemetery
    • The Sile Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Santa Barbara Cathholic Church de Sile Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38454 <3>
  • Madrid Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cerrillos Catholic Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Los Cerrillos Protestant Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Cementerio de Agua Fria
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cementerio de Agua Fria
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Cementerio de Agua Fria is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<4> to the west of Santa Fe.
    • The Cementerio de Agua Fria has also been known as:
    • Agua Fria Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2180292 <3>
  • San Isidro Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Tejon Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Memorial Gardens
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...

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.

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

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

  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Los Cerrillos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • Santa Fe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Lamy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • San Pedro
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Jacona
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
  • Glorieta
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
  • Pojoaque
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)

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

Newspapers Published in La Bajada ...

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 119 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Bajada.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Bajada, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Bajada.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we 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 La Bajada:

Footnotes ...

<1>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 La Bajada, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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.
<4>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 from Point A (ie- La Bajada) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.