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Introduction ...

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

We've added La Cueva to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Cueva, 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 Cueva (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 Cueva. 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 hospitals and doctors 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 Cueva is historic, it would have been located within present day Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba County: Archuleta (CO), Conejos (CO), Los Alamos, Mora, San Juan, Sandoval, Santa Fe & Taos.

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

  • Rio Arriba County     (The home county of La Cueva)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Cueva, with the one closest to La Cueva listed first.
    • LaMadera
      (Less than 2 miles to the north)
      • LaMadera is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaMadera
    • El Rito
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Petaca
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Vallecitos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Embudo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Velarde
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Dixon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rinconada
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rinconada is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinconada
    • Apodaca
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Apodaca is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apodaca
    • Medanales
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Estaca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Estaca is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaca
    • Los Luceros
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Luceros
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Cueva, with the one closest to La Cueva listed first.
    • Santa Cruz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Santo Nino
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Santo Nino is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Nino
    • Cuartelez
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Cuartelez is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuartelez
    • La Puebla
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • La Puebla is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puebla
    • Rio Chiquito
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Rio Chiquito is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Chiquito
    • Sombrillo
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Sombrillo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sombrillo
    • Arroyo Seco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
    • El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Cundiyo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Cueva, with the one closest to La Cueva listed first.
    • Ojo Caliente
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Servilleta
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Servilleta is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilleta
    • Carson
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Pilar
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tres Piedras
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Vallecito
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Rio Lucio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Rio Lucio is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Lucio
    • Chamisal
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Picuris Pueblo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Picuris Pueblo is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picuris Pueblo
    • Trampas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Arroyo Hondo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Penasco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)

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

Cemeteries Near La Cueva ...

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

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 Cueva - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • La Cueva Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Ojo Caliente Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Father Kauper Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • El Santuario Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Embudo Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embudo Presbyterian Church Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Embudo Presbyterian Church Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Dixon.
    • The Embudo Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Dixon Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Embudo Presbyterian Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2424075 <3>
  • La Villita Catholic Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • San Pedro Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Tusas Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Ojo Sarco Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (51 more) ...
    • Martinez Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Las Trampas Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Santa Cruz Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Ojo Caliente
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • El Rito
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Vallecitos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Embudo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Barranca
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Barranca is located in Taos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barranca
  • Velarde
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Rinconada
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Rinconada is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinconada
  • Servilleta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Servilleta is located in Taos County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Servilleta
  • Abiquiu
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Alcalde
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Tres Piedras
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Chamita
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Penasco
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Arroyo Hondo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • No Agua
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • No Agua is located in Taos County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for No Agua

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

Newspapers Published in La Cueva ...

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 33 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Cueva.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Cueva, there are papers which were published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Cueva.

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 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 La Cueva:

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 Cueva, 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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- La Cueva) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.