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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 Tres Lagunas (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 Tres Lagunas. 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.

Tres Lagunas is located in San Miguel 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 San Miguel County: Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Santa Fe & Torrance.

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

  • San Miguel County     (The home county of Tres Lagunas)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tres Lagunas, with the one closest to Tres Lagunas listed first.
    • Holy Ghost ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Ghost
      • Holy Ghost is located in San Miguel County
    • Cowles
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowles
      • Cowles is located in San Miguel County
    • Pecos
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
      • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
    • Rowe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pendaries Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pendaries Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pendaries Village
      • Pendaries Village is located in San Miguel County
    • Rociada
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Trout Springs
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
      • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Ilfeld
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Hot Springs
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
      • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Montezuma
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Sapello
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Las Vegas Town
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Las Vegas Town have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas Town
      • Las Vegas Town is located in San Miguel County
    • El Ancon
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
      • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
  • Los Alamos County
    • White Rock
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Rock
      • White Rock is located in Los Alamos County
  • Mora County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tres Lagunas, with the one closest to Tres Lagunas listed first.
    • Ledoux
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledoux
      • Ledoux is located in Mora County
    • South Carmen
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Carmen
      • South Carmen is located in Mora County
    • Abuelo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abuelo
      • Abuelo is located in Mora County
    • Pacheco Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pacheco Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pacheco Village
      • Pacheco Village is located in Mora County
    • Cleveland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Mora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Holman
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • La Cueva
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cueva
      • La Cueva is located in Mora County
    • Golondrinas
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golondrinas
      • Golondrinas is located in Mora County
  • Rio Arriba County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tres Lagunas, with the one closest to Tres Lagunas listed first.
    • Cordova
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Truchas
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • Chimayo
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Espanola
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Santa Fe County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tres Lagunas, with the one closest to Tres Lagunas listed first.
    • Glorieta
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Canada de los Alamos
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada de los Alamos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
      • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Rio en Medio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio en Medio
      • Rio en Medio is located in Santa Fe County
    • Tesuque
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tesuque have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesuque
      • Tesuque is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tesuque <2>
    • Chupadero
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chupadero have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chupadero
      • Chupadero is located in Santa Fe County
    • Santa Fe
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Seton Village
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
      • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
    • Eldorado at Santa Fe
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldorado at Santa Fe have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
      • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
    • Agua Fria
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Cundiyo
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Lamy
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Cuyamungue
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuyamungue
      • Cuyamungue is located in Santa Fe County
    • Pojoaque
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pojoaque have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pojoaque
      • Pojoaque is located in Santa Fe County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pojoaque <2>
  • Taos County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Tres Lagunas, with the one closest to Tres Lagunas listed first.
    • Angostura
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angostura
      • Angostura is located in Taos County
    • Llano
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Trampas
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Tres Ritos
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tres Ritos
      • Tres Ritos is located in Taos County
    • Chamisal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamisal have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamisal
      • Chamisal is located in Taos County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chamisal <2>
    • Penasco
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penasco have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penasco
      • Penasco is located in Taos County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penasco <2>
    • Vallecito
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near Tres Lagunas ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tres Lagunas.

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

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

  • El Macho Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the El Macho Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the El Macho Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Pecos Mine Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pecos Mine Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pecos Mine Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38316 <3>
  • New St. Anthonys Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Old St. Anthonys Church Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Anthonys Church Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Old St. Anthonys Church Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2419304 <3>
  • Glorieta Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glorieta Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glorieta Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #38085 <3>
  • Cristo Rey Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Santo Nino Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Carmelite Monastery Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Carmelite Monastery Cemetery is located in Santa Fe.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2470398 <3>
  • Canoncito Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Rio en Medio Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Guadalupe Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Rowe.
    • The Sagrada Familia Parish Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Holy Family Catholic Cemetery
    • Sagrada Familia Churchyard Cemetery
    • St. Josephs Chapel Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2353488 <3>
  • Continue List   (94 more) ...
    • Rowe Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rowe Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rowe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Santa Fe National Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Rosario Cemetery
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

  • Glorieta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Pecos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pecos have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
  • Santa Fe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Rowe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Rociada
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • San Ignacio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Ignacio have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Ignacio
    • San Ignacio is located in San Miguel County
  • Lamy
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Hot Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
  • Pojoaque
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pojoaque have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pojoaque
    • Pojoaque is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pojoaque <2>
  • Jacona
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jacona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacona
    • Jacona is located in Santa Fe County
  • Sands
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sands have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
  • Sapello
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Continue List   (11 more) ...
    • Mora
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • San Miguel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Miguel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
      • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
    • Las Vegas
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)

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

Newspapers Published in Tres Lagunas ...

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 72 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tres Lagunas.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tres Lagunas, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tres Lagunas.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Tres Lagunas:

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

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<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>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.
<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 Tres Lagunas, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Tres Lagunas) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tres Lagunas. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.7211, Longitude: -105.6781       In this case, the coordinates for Tres Lagunas have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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