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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 Placitas (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 Placitas. 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 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.

Placitas is located in Sandoval 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 Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Placitas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placitas, with the one closest to Placitas listed first.
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
    • Algodones
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Bernalillo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernalillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernalillo
      • Bernalillo is located in Sandoval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,865 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernalillo <1>
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Felipe Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
    • Pueblo of Sandia Village
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo of Sandia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo of Sandia Village
      • Pueblo of Sandia Village is located in Sandoval County
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Ana Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana Pueblo
      • Santa Ana Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana Pueblo <1>
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Domingo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
    • Pena Blanca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • 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 <1>
    • Sile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Cochiti Lake
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placitas, with the one closest to Placitas listed first.
    • Sandia Heights
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
    • Sandia Park
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sandia Knolls
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
    • Corrales
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Canoncito
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
    • Alameda
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Crest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Crest <1>
    • Hoffmantown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
    • North Valley
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
      • North Valley is located in Bernalillo County
    • Tijeras
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tijeras have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tijeras
      • Tijeras is located in Bernalillo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 534 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tijeras <1>
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,129 people
    • Carnuel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carnuel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnuel
      • Carnuel is located in Bernalillo County
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Placitas, with the one closest to Placitas listed first.
    • San Pedro
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Madrid
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
      • Madrid is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <1>
    • Cedar Grove
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
    • Los Cerrillos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Edgewood
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
    • La Cienega
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
    • Galisteo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galisteo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galisteo
      • Galisteo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galisteo <1>
    • Stanley
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Torrance County
    • Moriarty
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moriarty have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriarty
      • Moriarty is located in Torrance County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,841 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moriarty <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Placitas ...

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 160 newspapers that have been published in the area around Placitas.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Placitas. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Placitas and those printed in the larger area surrounding Placitas.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 27 miles [43.5 km]<3> of Placitas.

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 either 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 Placitas:

Cemeteries Near Placitas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Placitas.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Placitas, with the one closest to Placitas 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.<5>

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

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

  • Corrales
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
  • Alameda
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • San Pedro
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ortiz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
  • Albuquerque
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • 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
  • Los Cerrillos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Pajarito ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pajarito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
    • Pajarito is located in Bernalillo County
  • Barr
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr
    • Barr is located in Bernalillo County

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

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

The official website for Sandoval County: www.sandovalcounty.com/

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' (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- Placitas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Placitas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3070, Longitude: -106.4247       In this case, the coordinates for Placitas 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>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 Placitas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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