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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 Pecos (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 Pecos. 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 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.

Pecos 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 Pecos. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pecos:

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of Pecos)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecos, with the one closest to Pecos listed first.
    • Rowe
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
    • Ilfeld
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowles
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
    • El Ancon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
    • Ribera
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Trout Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Coruco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
    • San Miguel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
    • Hot Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Pendaries Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Rociada
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Las Vegas Town
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecos, with the one closest to Pecos listed first.
    • Ledoux
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • South Carmen
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Pecos, with the one closest to Pecos listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
    • Lamy
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
    • Seton Village
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
    • Santa Fe
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Tesuque
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Galisteo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Agua Fria
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Chupadero
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
    • Rio en Medio
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
    • La Cienega
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega

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

Cemeteries Near Pecos ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pecos.

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

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

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

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Pecos had railroad service and no post office. In 2020, Pecos had a population of 1,313 people.

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

  • Rowe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Glorieta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lamy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Sands
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
  • Santa Fe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • San Miguel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Blanchard
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Blanchard is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanchard
  • Hot Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • San Ignacio
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
  • Rociada
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bernal
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Bernal is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernal
  • Tecolote
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Romero
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Las Vegas
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Los Cerrillos
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Pecos ...

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 73 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pecos.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Pecos. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Pecos and those printed in the larger area surrounding Pecos.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 26 miles [41.8 km]<4> of Pecos.

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 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 Pecos:

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 Pecos, 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 from Point A (ie- Pecos) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.