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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 Sacramento (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 Sacramento. 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 doctors 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.

Sacramento is located in Otero 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 Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).

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

  • Otero County     (The home county of Sacramento)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sacramento, with the one closest to Sacramento listed first.
    • Weed
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Hortonville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
      • Hortonville is located in Otero County
    • Mayhill
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Timberon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberon
      • Timberon is located in Otero County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timberon <1>
    • Sunspot
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
      • Sunspot is located in Otero County
    • Cloudcroft
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Pinon
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Mountain Park
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
      • Mountain Park is located in Otero County
    • High Rolls
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
      • High Rolls is located in Otero County
    • Alamogordo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alamogordo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alamogordo
      • Alamogordo is located in Otero County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,126 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alamogordo <1>
    • Boles Acres
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
      • Boles Acres is located in Otero County
    • La Luz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Chaves County
    • Dunken ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunken
      • Dunken is located in Chaves County

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

Newspapers Published in Sacramento ...

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 30 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sacramento.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sacramento, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sacramento.

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 Sacramento:

Cemeteries Near Sacramento ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sacramento.

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

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

  • Weed Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Carner Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jeffers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Agua Chiquita Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • The Agua Chiquita Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Miller Flats Road Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agua Chiquita Cemetery
  • Aqua Chiquita
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Lusk Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lusk Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lusk Cemetery
  • Mayhill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Acres Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Acres Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mountain Acres Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mountain Acres Cemetery
  • Avis Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Parker Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • James Canyon Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (16 more) ...
    • Bass Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bass Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bass Cemetery
    • Marcia Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marcia Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marcia Cemetery
    • Sixteen Springs Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sixteen Springs Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sixteen Springs Cemetery

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

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

The official website for Otero County: www.co.otero.nm.us/

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 '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- Sacramento) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sacramento. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7926, Longitude: -105.5601    
<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.




 

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