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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 Saint Vrain (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 Saint Vrain. 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.

Name Variations for Saint Vrain ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Saint Vrain: St. Vrain

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 doctors and hospitals 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.

Saint Vrain is located in 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 Saint Vrain. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Saint Vrain:

  • Curry County     (The home county of Saint Vrain)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Vrain, with the one closest to Saint Vrain listed first.
    • Melrose
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
    • Clovis
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Weber City
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weber City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
      • Weber City is located in Curry County
    • Texico
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Grady
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • DeBaca County
  • Quay County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Vrain, with the one closest to Saint Vrain listed first.
    • McAlister
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • House
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Roosevelt County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Saint Vrain, with the one closest to Saint Vrain listed first.
    • Floyd
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
    • Portales
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>
  • Parmer County (TX)
    • Farwell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwell have been provided by the GNIS.<1> 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>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Saint Vrain ...

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 52 newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Vrain.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Saint Vrain. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Saint Vrain and those printed in the larger area surrounding Saint Vrain.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Saint Vrain.

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 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 Saint Vrain:

Cemeteries Near Saint Vrain ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Saint Vrain.

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

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

  • Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Memorial Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Memorial Cemetery
  • North Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the North Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the North Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • 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.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37953 <5>
  • Mission Garden Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Garden Cemetery
  • Floyd Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Roach Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • 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.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Roach Cemetery
  • Field Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Field Cemetery
  • Lawn Haven Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawn Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawn Haven Cemetery
  • Portales Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Upton Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upton Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38496 <5>
  • Upton Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Upton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Upton Cemetery
  • Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Continue List   (21 more) ...
    • Yeakley Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Yeakley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Yeakley Cemetery
    • Benson Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Stockton Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)

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

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

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

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Saint Vrain) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Saint Vrain. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.4179, Longitude: -103.4903    
<4>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.
<5>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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