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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 Tiptonville (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 Tiptonville. 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 doctors and 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.

Tiptonville is located in Mora 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 Mora County: Colfax, Harding, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe & Taos.

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

  • Mora County     (The home county of Tiptonville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiptonville, with the one closest to Tiptonville listed first.
    • Watrous
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Watrous is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
    • Valmora
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Valmora is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valmora
    • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
    • Shoemaker
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
      • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
    • Golondrinas
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Golondrinas is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
    • La Cueva
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
    • Rainsville
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Ojo Feliz
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • South Carmen
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
    • Wagon Mound
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Ledoux
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
    • Abuelo
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
  • San Miguel County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tiptonville, with the one closest to Tiptonville listed first.
    • Kroenigs
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
    • Los Alamos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
    • Sapello
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Montezuma
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hot Springs
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Las Vegas Town
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
    • Las Vegas
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Trout Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
    • Pendaries Village
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
    • Romero
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Romero is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
    • Rociada
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Tecolote
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote

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

Cemeteries Near Tiptonville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tiptonville.

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 Tiptonville - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tiptonville had a population of 138 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.

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

  • Watrous
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Watrous is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watrous
  • Loma Parda ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Loma Parda is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma Parda
  • Kroenigs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
  • Shoemaker
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Shoemaker is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoemaker
  • Los Alamos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Onava
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Onava is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onava
  • Sapello
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • La Cueva
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • La Cueva is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
  • Lucero
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lucero is located in Mora County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucero
  • East Las Vegas ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • East Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Las Vegas
  • Hot Springs
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Las Vegas
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Wagon Mound
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • San Ignacio
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
      • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
    • Mora
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)

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

Newspapers Published in Tiptonville ...

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 74 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tiptonville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tiptonville, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tiptonville.

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 Tiptonville:

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Tiptonville) 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 Tiptonville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.