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Our Genealogy Helper

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 La Manga (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 Manga. 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 southwest 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 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.

La Manga is located in San Miguel 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 San Miguel County: Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Santa Fe & Torrance.

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

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of La Manga)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Manga, with the one closest to La Manga listed first.
    • Romero
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Tecolote
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
    • Las Vegas Town
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
    • Las Vegas
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Chapelle
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Chapelle is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelle
    • Serafina
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Montezuma
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hot Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Apache Springs
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Apache Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Springs
    • Trout Springs
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Coruco
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
    • El Ancon
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
    • Ribera
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Guadalupe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Manga, with the one closest to La Manga listed first.
    • Upper Anton Chico
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Upper Anton Chico is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Anton Chico
    • Anton Chico
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Dilia
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Dilia is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dilia
    • Dahlia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Dahlia is located in Guadalupe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dahlia
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Manga, with the one closest to La Manga listed first.
    • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
    • Watrous
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Watrous is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
    • Golondrinas
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Golondrinas is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
    • South Carmen
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
    • Valmora
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Valmora is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmora
    • La Cueva
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
    • Ledoux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Abuelo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
    • Shoemaker
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
  • Santa Fe County

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

Cemeteries Near La Manga ...

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

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

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

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

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.<3>

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

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

  • Romero
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Romero is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
  • Tecolote
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • Las Vegas
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
  • Bernal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Bernal is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
  • Blanchard
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
  • Hot Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Sands
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • San Miguel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Onava
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Onava is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
  • Los Alamos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Villanueva
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • San Ignacio
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
    • Sapello
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Kroenigs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs

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

Newspapers Published in La Manga ...

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 80 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Manga.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Manga, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Manga.

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 La Manga:

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 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.
<3>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 Manga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- La Manga) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.