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Our Genealogy Helper

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 Thompson Place (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 Thompson Place. 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 Thompson Place ...

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Thompson Place: Thompson Pl. (or less commonly used: Thompson Plc.)

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Thompson Place. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thompson Place.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and 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.

Thompson Place is located in Torrance 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 Torrance County: Bernalillo, Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Socorro & Valencia.

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

  • Torrance County     (The home county of Thompson Place)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Place, with the one closest to Thompson Place listed first.
    • Moriarty
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • McIntosh
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Estancia
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Tajique
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Torreon
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Torreon is located in Torrance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreon
    • Manzano
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Manzano is located in Torrance County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manzano
    • Willard
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Clines Corners
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • Mountainair
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Bernalillo County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Place, with the one closest to Thompson Place listed first.
    • Chilili
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Chilili is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilili
    • Ponderosa Pine
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
      • Ponderosa Pine is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponderosa Pine
    • Tijeras
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Crest
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandia Knolls
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
    • Canoncito
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Canoncito is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoncito
    • Carnuel
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Carnuel is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnuel
    • Monticello
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Sandia Park
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Canada Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Canada Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada Village
    • Hoffmantown
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Hoffmantown is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoffmantown
    • Mesa Village
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Mesa Village is located in Bernalillo County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mesa Village
  • Sandoval County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Place, with the one closest to Thompson Place listed first.
    • Diamond Tail Ranch
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Diamond Tail Ranch is located in Sandoval County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond Tail Ranch
    • Placitas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Thompson Place, with the one closest to Thompson Place listed first.
    • Edgewood
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cedar Grove
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Stanley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • San Pedro
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
    • Golden ‑ Historic
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Valencia County
    • Meadow Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Meadow Lake is located in Valencia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake

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

Cemeteries Near Thompson Place ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Thompson Place.

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 Thompson Place - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Thompson Place covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

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

  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mt. View Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Chilili Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • St. John Nepomucene Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Chilili New Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chilili New Cemetery
    • The Chilili New Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Cath Cemetery
    • Garland Cemetery
    • St. John Nepomucene Cemetery
    • San Juan Nepomoceno Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38080 <2>
  • McIntosh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Escabosa Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mountain Valley Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Juan Tomas Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Garland Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (50 more) ...
    • Cedro Cemetery
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Estancia Memorial Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Estancia Memorial Cemetery
      • To give a relative sense of its location, the Estancia Memorial Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Estancia.
      • The Estancia Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
      • Estancia Cemetery
      • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38055 <2>
    • San Isidro de Labrador Mission Church Cemetery
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)

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 Thompson Place in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Thompson Place.

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

  • San Pedro
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz

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

Newspapers Published in Thompson Place ...

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 158 newspapers that have been published in the area around Thompson Place.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Thompson Place, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Thompson Place.

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 Thompson Place:

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 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.
<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 drawn from Point A (ie- Thompson Place) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<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 Thompson Place, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.