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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 Ranchos des 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 Ranchos des 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 southeast 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 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.

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

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Ranchos des Placitas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchos des Placitas, with the one closest to Ranchos des Placitas listed first.
    • Placitas
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
    • Algodones
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Bernalillo
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Pueblo of Sandia Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Domingo
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
    • Sile
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
    • Pena Blanca
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Zia Pueblo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Zia Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zia Pueblo
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchos des Placitas, with the one closest to Ranchos des Placitas listed first.
    • Sandia Heights
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
    • Corrales
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandia Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alameda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Canoncito
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
    • North Valley
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • North Valley is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
    • Sandia Knolls
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
    • Rio Rancho
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Crest
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Hoffmantown
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,129 people
    • Mesa Village
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Mesa Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Village
    • Paradise Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Paradise Hills is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchos des Placitas, with the one closest to Ranchos des Placitas listed first.
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
      • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • San Pedro
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • Madrid
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Los Cerrillos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Edgewood
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • 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 northeast)
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
    • Galisteo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Stanley
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

Cemeteries Near Ranchos des Placitas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ranchos des 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.

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 Ranchos des Placitas - one of the links might be able to help.

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

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Ranchos des Placitas, with the one closest to Ranchos des 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.<3>

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

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

  • Corrales
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alameda
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • San Pedro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Albuquerque
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Los Cerrillos
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Pajarito ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Pajarito is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
  • Barr
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Barr is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr

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

Newspapers Published in Ranchos des 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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ranchos des Placitas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ranchos des Placitas, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ranchos des Placitas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Ranchos des Placitas:

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 Ranchos des Placitas, 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- Ranchos des Placitas) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.