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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 Sundance Mesa (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 Sundance Mesa. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.

Sundance Mesa is located in Sandoval 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 Sandoval County: Bernalillo, Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba & Santa Fe.

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

  • Sandoval County     (The home county of Sundance Mesa)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sundance Mesa, with the one closest to Sundance Mesa listed first.
    • Algodones
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Placitas
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Placitas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placitas
      • Placitas is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Placitas <1>
    • Bernalillo
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bernalillo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bernalillo
      • Bernalillo is located in Sandoval County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,865 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bernalillo <1>
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
    • San Felipe Pueblo
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Felipe Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Felipe Pueblo
      • San Felipe Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
    • Pueblo of Sandia Village
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pueblo of Sandia Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pueblo of Sandia Village
      • Pueblo of Sandia Village is located in Sandoval County
    • Santa Ana Pueblo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Ana Pueblo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Ana Pueblo
      • Santa Ana Pueblo is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Ana Pueblo <1>
    • Kewa Pueblo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Domingo
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Domingo
      • Domingo is located in Sandoval County
    • Sile
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sile
      • Sile is located in Sandoval County
    • Pena Blanca
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pena Blanca have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pena Blanca
      • Pena Blanca is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pena Blanca <1>
    • Cochiti Pueblo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sundance Mesa, with the one closest to Sundance Mesa listed first.
    • Corrales
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandia Heights
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Heights
      • Sandia Heights is located in Bernalillo County
    • Alameda
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sandia Park
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • North Valley
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Valley
      • North Valley is located in Bernalillo County
    • Rio Rancho
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Canoncito
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
    • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ranchos de Albuquerque
      • Los Ranchos de Albuquerque is located in Bernalillo County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,129 people
    • Hoffmantown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
    • Sandia Knolls
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
    • Paradise Hills
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise Hills
      • Paradise Hills is located in Bernalillo County
    • Cedar Crest
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Crest have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Crest
      • Cedar Crest is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Crest <1>
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Sundance Mesa, with the one closest to Sundance Mesa listed first.
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
      • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • San Pedro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Pedro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Madrid
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cedar Grove
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
    • Los Cerrillos
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
      • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
      • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
      • Cerrillos
    • Edgewood
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Bonanza City ‑ Historic
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
      • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
    • La Cienega
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
      • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
    • Galisteo
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galisteo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galisteo
      • Galisteo is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galisteo <1>

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

Cemeteries Near Sundance Mesa ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Sundance Mesa.

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

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

  • Algodones Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
  • Perea Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Bernalillo Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bernalillo Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bernalillo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Placitas Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Tejon Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Sandoval Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sandoval Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sandoval Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38431 <4>
  • La Madera Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • San Ysidro Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Vista Verde Memorial Park
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandia Memory Gardens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Gate of Heaven Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Continue List   (41 more) ...
    • San Carlos Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Carmel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • San Antonito Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

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.<5>

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

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

  • Corrales
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alameda
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Golden. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
  • Albuquerque
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • San Pedro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Pedro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ortiz have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waldo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
  • Los Cerrillos
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Pajarito ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pajarito have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pajarito
    • Pajarito is located in Bernalillo County
  • Barr
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barr have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barr
    • Barr is located in Bernalillo County

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

Newspapers Published in Sundance Mesa ...

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 162 newspapers that have been published in the area around Sundance Mesa.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Sundance Mesa, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Sundance Mesa.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Sundance Mesa:

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

The official website for Sandoval County: www.sandovalcounty.com/

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>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.
<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.
<5>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 Sundance Mesa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Sundance Mesa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sundance Mesa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.3303, Longitude: -106.4839       In this case, the coordinates for Sundance Mesa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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