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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Strauss. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Strauss to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Strauss, 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 Strauss (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 Strauss. 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 hospitals 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.
Although our information shows that the community of Strauss is historic, it would have been located within present day Dona Ana 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 Dona Ana County: Luna, Otero, Sierra & El Paso (TX).
Below are the counties that are near Strauss. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Strauss:
- Dona Ana County (The home county of Strauss)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strauss, with the one closest to Strauss listed first.
- Santa Teresa
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- La Union
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- La Union is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Union
- Sunland Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lanark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lanark is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Chamberino
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Chamberino is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino
- Anthony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Berino
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- La Mesa
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Vado
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mesquite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Chaparral
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chaparral is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral
- Afton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Afton is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Mesilla Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- El Paso County (TX)
- The following are listed by their distance from Strauss, with the one closest to Strauss listed first.
- Prado Verde
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Prado Verde is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prado Verde
- Canutillo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Vinton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westway
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Westway is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
- Anthony
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smelter Town
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Smelter Town is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
- El Paso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Bliss
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bliss
- Belen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belen is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
- Socorro
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Homestead Meadows North
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Homestead Meadows
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Homestead Meadows is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Meadows
- Sparks
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Sparks is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Strauss, see our County-by-County Page for Strauss.
Cemeteries Near Strauss ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Strauss.
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 Strauss - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Strauss covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Strauss, with the one closest to Strauss listed first.
- Canutillo Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chamberino Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino Cemetery
- The Chamberino Cemetery has also been known as:
- San Luis Cemetery
- Old Berino Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Concordia Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rest Lawn Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Restlawn Memorial Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Evergreen Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen Cemetery
- The Evergreen Cemetery has also been known as:
- Evergreen Alameda Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #3479 <3>
- Temple Mt. Sinai Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- St. Josephs Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
- The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
- Evergreen Cemetery East
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- San Albino Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Albino Cemetery
- The San Albino Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mesilla Valley Cemetery
- Tortugas Cemetery
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
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.
Strauss itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having railroad service and no post office.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Strauss, with the one closest to Strauss listed first.
- Montoya
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Montoya is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoya
- Canutillo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Courchesne
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Courchesne is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courchesne
- Lanark ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Lanark is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
- Anthony
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- El Paso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Alfalfa
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Alfalfa is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
- Mesquite
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Afton ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Afton is located in Dona Ana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Afton
- Ysleta
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Ysleta is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysleta
- Belen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Belen is located in El Paso County (TX)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
- Mesilla
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Mesilla Park
(28 miles [45.1 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 Strauss. See our List of 1890's Communities around Strauss.
Newspapers Published in Strauss ...
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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Strauss.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Strauss, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Strauss.
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 Strauss:
- Websites specific to New Mexico
- Pages specific to Dona Ana County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Mexico
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 Strauss, 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 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> | 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- Strauss) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |