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Introduction ...

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

We've added Ranchvale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ranchvale, 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 Ranchvale (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 Ranchvale. 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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 Ranchvale is historic, it would have been located within present day Curry 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 Curry County: Quay, Roosevelt, Bailey (TX), Deaf Smith (TX) & Parmer (TX).

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

  • Curry County     (The home county of Ranchvale)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchvale, with the one closest to Ranchvale listed first.
    • Clovis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Vrain
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Texico
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Melrose
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
      • Melrose is located in Curry County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <2>
    • Weber City
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weber City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
      • Weber City is located in Curry County
    • Grady
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Broadview
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Bellview
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
      • Bellview is located in Curry County
  • Quay County
  • Roosevelt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchvale, with the one closest to Ranchvale listed first.
    • Portales
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
      • Portales is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,487 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <2>
    • Floyd
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
      • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <2>
  • Parmer County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Ranchvale, with the one closest to Ranchvale listed first.
    • Farwell
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
      • Farwell is located in Parmer County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farwell <2>
    • Bovina
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovina have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
      • Bovina is located in Parmer County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovina <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Ranchvale ...

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 50 newspapers that have been published in the area around Ranchvale.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Ranchvale, there are papers which were published within 24 miles [38.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Ranchvale.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Ranchvale:

Cemeteries Near Ranchvale ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Ranchvale.

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

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

  • Mission Garden Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Garden Cemetery
  • Lawn Haven Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawn Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawn Haven Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Roach Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Roach Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roach Cemetery
  • Texico Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Texico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Texico Cemetery
  • Memorial Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
  • Old Farwell Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Farwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Farwell Cemetery
  • Field Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Field Cemetery
  • North Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Bethel Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37953 <6>
  • Portales Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Stockton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...

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

The official website for Curry County: www.currycounty.org/

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 Ranchvale, 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 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Ranchvale) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ranchvale. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4926, Longitude: -103.3188       In this case, the coordinates for Ranchvale have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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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