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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 North Chaves (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 North Chaves. 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.

Name Variations for North Chaves ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for North Chaves: N. Chaves

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 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.

North Chaves is located in McKinley 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 McKinley County: Apache (AZ), Cibola, San Juan & Sandoval.

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

  • McKinley County     (The home county of North Chaves)
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Chaves, with the one closest to North Chaves listed first.
    • Thoreau
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Prewitt
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Continental Divide
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Smith Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Crownpoint
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Fort Wingate
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Ramah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
      • Ramah is located in McKinley County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramah <1>
    • Church Rock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Navajo Wingate Village
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo Wingate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Wingate Village
      • Navajo Wingate Village is located in McKinley County
    • Bread Springs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
      • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
    • Rehoboth
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Cibola County
    • The following are listed by their distance from North Chaves, with the one closest to North Chaves listed first.
    • Milan
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
      • Milan is located in Cibola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,640 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
    • Grants
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grants
      • Grants is located in Cibola County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,835 people
      • Former name for Grants:
      • Grants Station
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grants <1>
    • San Rafael
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Rafael
      • San Rafael is located in Cibola County
    • Pinehill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pinehill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinehill
      • Pinehill is located in Cibola County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinehill <1>

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

Newspapers Published in North Chaves ...

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 7 newspapers that have been published in the area around North Chaves.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of North Chaves, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for North Chaves.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 North Chaves:

Cemeteries Near North Chaves ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of North Chaves.

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

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

  • Pioneer Memorial Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Torreon Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Torreon Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Torreon Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38487 <4>
  • McGaffey Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McGaffey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McGaffey Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38219 <4>
  • Tinaja Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tinaja Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tinaja Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38481 <4>
  • Mormon Colony Cemetery
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mormon Colony Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mormon Colony Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38247 <4>
  • La Morada Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Grants Memorial Park
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Porter Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Ramah Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • El Morro Cemetery
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for North Chaves. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for McKinley County: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/

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

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 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.
<3>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 drawn from Point A (ie- North Chaves) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in North Chaves. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3920, Longitude: -108.1581       In this case, the coordinates for North Chaves have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<4>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.
<5>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.




 

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