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Introduction ...

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

We've added Otowi to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Otowi, 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 Otowi (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 Otowi. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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 Otowi is historic, it would have been located within present day Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe County: Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Sandoval & Torrance.

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

  • Santa Fe County     (The home county of Otowi)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • San Ildefonso Pueblo
      (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ildefonso Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ildefonso Pueblo
      • San Ildefonso Pueblo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Pajarito
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
      • Pajarito is located in Santa Fe County
    • El Rancho
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Rancho have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Rancho
      • El Rancho is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jaconita
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jaconita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaconita
      • Jaconita is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jacona
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
      • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
    • Pojoaque
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pojoaque have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pojoaque
      • Pojoaque is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pojoaque <3>
    • Cuyamungue
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
    • Arroyo Seco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
    • El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Valle de Arroyo Seco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      • El Valle de Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
    • Santa Cruz
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Santo Nino
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Nino
      • Santo Nino is located in Santa Fe County
    • Sombrillo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sombrillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sombrillo
      • Sombrillo is located in Santa Fe County
  • Los Alamos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • White Rock
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
    • Los Alamos
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • Santa Clara Pueblo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Clara Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara Pueblo
      • Santa Clara Pueblo is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Espanola
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Hernandez
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • San Juan
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Chamita
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
      • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • El Duende
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Duende
      • El Duende is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Chimayo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Alcalde
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Estaca
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaca
      • Estaca is located in Rio Arriba County
    • La Villita
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Villita
      • La Villita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Los Luceros
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Luceros
      • Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
    • Cowles
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • Cochiti Lake
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pena Blanca
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pena Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pena Blanca
      • Pena Blanca is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pena Blanca <3>
    • Sile
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
    • Domingo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Otowi, with the one closest to Otowi listed first.
    • Trampas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vallecito
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Ojo Caliente
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Chamisal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamisal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamisal
      • Chamisal is located in Taos County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chamisal <3>

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

Newspapers Published in Otowi ...

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 90 newspapers that have been published in the area around Otowi.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Otowi, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Otowi.

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 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 Otowi:

Cemeteries Near Otowi ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Otowi.

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

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

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

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

  • Jacona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jacona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
  • Pojoaque
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pojoaque have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pojoaque
    • Pojoaque is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pojoaque <3>
  • Espanola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Santa Cruz
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Chamita
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
    • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Alcalde
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Santa Fe
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Velarde
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Abiquiu
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Embudo
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Rinconada
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rinconada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinconada
    • Rinconada is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
  • Glorieta
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ojo Caliente
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)

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

The official website for Santa Fe County: www.co.santa-fe.nm.us/

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 Otowi, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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- Otowi) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Otowi. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.8759, Longitude: -106.1425       In this case, the coordinates for Otowi have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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.




 

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