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Introduction ...

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

We've added Nutt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nutt, 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 Nutt (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 Nutt. 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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Although our information shows that the community of Nutt is historic, it would have been located within present day Luna 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 Luna County: Dona Ana, Grant, Hidalgo & Sierra.

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

  • Luna County     (The home county of Nutt)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nutt, with the one closest to Nutt listed first.
    • Deming
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Old Town
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
      • Old Town is located in Luna County
  • Dona Ana County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nutt, with the one closest to Nutt listed first.
    • Hatch
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
      • Hatch is located in Dona Ana County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <2>
    • Garfield
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Salem
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
      • Salem is located in Dona Ana County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <2>
    • Rincon
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rincon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
      • Rincon is located in Dona Ana County
    • Tonuco
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tonuco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonuco
      • Tonuco is located in Dona Ana County
    • Radium Springs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Radium Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium Springs
      • Radium Springs is located in Dona Ana County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Radium Springs <2>
  • Sierra County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Nutt, with the one closest to Nutt listed first.
    • Lake Valley ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
      • Lake Valley is located in Sierra County
    • Arrey
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Hillsboro
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Caballo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)

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

Newspapers Published in Nutt ...

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 24 newspapers that have been published in the area around Nutt.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Nutt, there are papers which were published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Nutt.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Nutt:

Cemeteries Near Nutt ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Nutt.

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

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

  • Ft. Cummings Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cooks Peak Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Cooks Peak Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cooks Peak Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38010 <5>
  • Hatch Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatch Cemetery
  • Placitas Hill Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rodey Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rodey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rodey Cemetery
  • Rincon Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rincon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rincon Cemetery
  • Lewis Flats Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Lewis Flats Cemetery is located 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> to the west of Deming.
    • The Lewis Flats Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Lewis Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lewis Flats Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38181 <5>
  • Caballo Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Caballo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caballo Cemetery
  • Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Holy Cross Cemetery
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

  • Lake Valley ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Valley
    • Lake Valley is located in Sierra County
  • Hatch
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hatch have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hatch
    • Hatch is located in Dona Ana County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,678 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hatch <2>
  • Rincon
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rincon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rincon
    • Rincon is located in Dona Ana County
  • Hillsboro
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Tonuco
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tonuco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonuco
    • Tonuco is located in Dona Ana County
  • Kingston ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kingston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston
    • Kingston is located in Sierra County

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

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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 Nutt, 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 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.
<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- Nutt) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Nutt. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.5753, Longitude: -107.4514    
<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>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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