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Introduction ...

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

We've added Nolan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nolan, 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 Nolan (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 Nolan. 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 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 Nolan is historic, it would have been located within present day Mora 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 Mora County: Colfax, Harding, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe & Taos.

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

  • Mora County     (The home county of Nolan)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolan, with the one closest to Nolan listed first.
    • Wagon Mound
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ocate
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Halls Peak ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halls Peak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
      • Halls Peak is located in Mora County
    • Los Huerros
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Huerros
      • Los Huerros is located in Mora County
    • Shoemaker
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoemaker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
      • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
    • Ojo Feliz
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Valmora
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmora
      • Valmora is located in Mora County
  • Colfax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolan, with the one closest to Nolan listed first.
    • Colmor ‑ Historic
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmor
      • Colmor is located in Colfax County
    • Springer
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
      • Springer is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springer <2>
    • Miami
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Maxwell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
      • Maxwell is located in Colfax County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <2>
    • Cimarron
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Harding County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nolan, with the one closest to Nolan listed first.
    • Mills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Armenta Plaza ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armenta Plaza
      • Armenta Plaza is located in Harding County
    • Roy
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
      • Roy is located in Harding County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <2>

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

Cemeteries Near Nolan ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nolan.

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

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

  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Hillside Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Santa Clara Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Paises Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Miami Cemetery
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Miami Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Miami Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Calhoun Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Chico Creek Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Strong Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Mestenito Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Abreu Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Abreu Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Abreu Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ocate Catholic Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ocate Catholic Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ocate Catholic Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38283 <5>
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (16 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 Nolan in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Nolan.

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

  • Colmor ‑ Historic
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmor
    • Colmor is located in Colfax County
  • Levy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Levy have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Levy
    • Levy is located in Mora County
  • Wagon Mound
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Springer
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springer have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
    • Springer is located in Colfax County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springer <2>
  • Ocate
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Halls Peak ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halls Peak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
    • Halls Peak is located in Mora County
  • Shoemaker
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shoemaker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
    • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
  • Maxwell
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
    • Maxwell is located in Colfax County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <2>
  • Cimarron
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Nolan ...

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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nolan.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nolan, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nolan.

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 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 Nolan:

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

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 Nolan, 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>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 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.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Nolan) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nolan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1661, Longitude: -104.6705       In this case, the coordinates for Nolan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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