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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 Sipapu (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 Sipapu. 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 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.

Sipapu is located in Taos 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 Taos County: Conejos (CO), Costilla (CO), Colfax, Mora & Rio Arriba.

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

  • Taos County     (The home county of Sipapu)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Tres Ritos
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Ritos
      • Tres Ritos is located in Taos County
    • Angostura
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angostura
      • Angostura is located in Taos County
    • Llano
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Penasco
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penasco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penasco
      • Penasco is located in Taos County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penasco <1>
    • Vadito
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Picuris Pueblo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Picuris Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picuris Pueblo
      • Picuris Pueblo is located in Taos County
    • Chamisal
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamisal have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamisal
      • Chamisal is located in Taos County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chamisal <1>
    • Rio Lucio
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio Lucio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Lucio
      • Rio Lucio is located in Taos County
    • Trampas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Talpa
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
      • Talpa is located in Taos County
    • Vallecito
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Ranchos de Taos
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pilar
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Colfax County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Angel Fire
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeview Pines
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Pines
      • Lakeview Pines is located in Colfax County
    • Idlewild
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
      • Idlewild is located in Colfax County
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Chacon
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Holman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Cleveland
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Pacheco Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacheco Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
    • Guadalupita
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Abuelo
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
    • Mora
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ledoux
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
    • South Carmen
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
    • La Cueva
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
    • Rainsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Los Huerros
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Huerros
      • Los Huerros is located in Mora County
    • Ojo Feliz
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Truchas
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Apodaca
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apodaca
      • Apodaca is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Dixon
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Cordova
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Embudo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Velarde
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Chimayo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • La Villita
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Villita
      • La Villita is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Los Luceros
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Luceros
      • Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Alcalde
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Estaca
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estaca
      • Estaca is located in Rio Arriba County
    • Ohkay Owingeh
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • San Juan
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
      • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Rociada
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Cowles
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
    • Pendaries Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendaries Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sipapu, with the one closest to Sipapu listed first.
    • Rio Chiquito
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rio Chiquito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Chiquito
      • Rio Chiquito is located in Santa Fe County
    • Cundiyo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • La Puebla
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Puebla
      • La Puebla is located in Santa Fe County
    • Cuartelez
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuartelez
      • Cuartelez is located in Santa Fe County
    • Arroyo Seco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
      • Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
    • El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for El Valle de Arroyo Seco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Valle de Arroyo Seco
      • El Valle de Arroyo Seco is located in Santa Fe County
    • Santa Cruz
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Sombrillo
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sombrillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sombrillo
      • Sombrillo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Chupadero
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chupadero have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
    • Rio en Medio
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
    • Santo Nino
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo Nino
      • Santo Nino is located in Santa Fe County

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

Cemeteries Near Sipapu ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sipapu.

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

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

  • Llano de la Yegua Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Llano de la Yegua Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Llano de la Yegua Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Griego Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griego Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • San Pedro Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Pedro Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Pedro Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Virgilio Trujillo Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Virgilio Trujillo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Virgilio Trujillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Morada Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morada Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Morada Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Rio Lucio Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rio Lucio Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rio Lucio Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ramon Sanchez Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ramon Sanchez Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ramon Sanchez Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • La Sierra Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the La Sierra Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the La Sierra Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38170 <3>
  • Picuris Pueblo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Picuris Pueblo Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Picuris Pueblo Cemetery is located in Picuris Pueblo.
    • The Picuris Pueblo Cemetery has also been known as:
    • San Lorenzo de Picuris Parish Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2405843 <3>
  • Lovato Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lovato Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lovato Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38198 <3>
  • San Antonio Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Chacon Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chacon Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chacon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37998 <3>
  • Continue List   (85 more) ...
    • El Rito Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Rito Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the El Rito Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Chacon.
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38042 <3>
    • Santa Cruz Cemetery
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Las Trampas Cemetery
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Trampas Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Las Trampas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<4>

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

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

  • Penasco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penasco have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penasco
    • Penasco is located in Taos County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penasco <1>
  • Mora
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Guadalupita
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Taos
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rinconada
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rinconada have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rinconada
    • Rinconada is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Barranca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barranca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barranca
    • Barranca is located in Taos County
  • Lucero
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lucero have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero
    • Lucero is located in Mora County
  • La Cueva
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
    • La Cueva is located in Mora County
  • Rociada
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Embudo
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Velarde
    (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Arroyo Seco
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...
    • Halls Peak ‑ Historic
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halls Peak. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls Peak
      • Halls Peak is located in Mora County
    • Arroyo Hondo
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • San Ignacio
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ignacio have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
      • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County

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

Newspapers Published in Sipapu ...

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 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sipapu.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sipapu, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sipapu.

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 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 Sipapu:

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

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.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>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.
<4>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 Sipapu, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sipapu) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sipapu. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1556, Longitude: -105.5506       In this case, the coordinates for Sipapu have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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