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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 Texico (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 Texico. 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 southwest 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 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 west 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.

Texico 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 Texico. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Texico:

  • Curry County     (The home county of Texico)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Texico, with the one closest to Texico listed first.
    • Clovis
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Saint Vrain
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Bellview
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
      • Bellview is located in Curry County
    • Broadview
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Roosevelt County
    • Portales
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Portales have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
  • Bailey County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Texico, with the one closest to Texico listed first.
    • Muleshoe
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muleshoe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muleshoe
      • Muleshoe is located in Bailey County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,822 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muleshoe <1>
    • Stegall
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stegall
      • Stegall is located in Bailey County (TX)
  • Parmer County (TX)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Texico, with the one closest to Texico listed first.
    • Farwell
      (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farwell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> 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 <1>
    • Bovina
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bovina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bovina
      • Bovina is located in Parmer County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,755 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bovina <1>
    • Lazbuddie
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Friona
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Friona have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friona
      • Friona is located in Parmer County (TX)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,774 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Friona <1>

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

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Texico ...

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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Texico.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Texico. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Texico and those printed in the larger area surrounding Texico.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<3> of Texico.

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 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 Texico:

Cemeteries Near Texico ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Texico.

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

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

  • Texico Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Texico Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Texico Cemetery
  • Old Farwell Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Farwell Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Farwell Cemetery
  • West Camp Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawn Haven Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lawn Haven Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lawn Haven Cemetery
  • Lariat Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lariat Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lariat Cemetery
  • Pleasant Hill Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant Hill Cemetery
  • Mission Garden Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mission Garden Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mission Garden Cemetery
  • Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bailey County Cemetery
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Eiland Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Arch Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Arch Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Arch Cemetery is located in Arch.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Arch Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37944 <4>
  • Portales Cemetery
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Rest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lazbuddie Cemetery
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lazbuddie Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lazbuddie Cemetery
    • Bethel Cemetery
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • 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.<5>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #37953 <4>

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Texico. 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>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 '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- Texico) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Texico. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3938, Longitude: -103.0473    
<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>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.




 

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