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 Acala (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 Acala. 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 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 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.

Acala is located in Hudspeth County.

To see how the shape of Texas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hudspeth County: Otero (NM), Culberson, El Paso & Jeff Davis.

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

• Hudspeth County     (The home county of Acala)
  • The following are listed by their distance from Acala, with the one closest to Acala listed first.
  • Fort Hancock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Hancock have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Hancock
    • Fort Hancock is located in Hudspeth County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Hancock <2>
  • McNary
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McNary have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNary
    • McNary is located in Hudspeth County
  • Esperanza
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esperanza
    • Esperanza is located in Hudspeth County
  • Fort Quitman ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fort Quitman have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Quitman
    • Fort Quitman is located in Hudspeth County
  • Etholen ‑ Historic
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etholen have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etholen
    • Etholen is located in Hudspeth County
• El Paso County
  • The following are listed by their distance from Acala, with the one closest to Acala listed first.
  • Tornillo
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tornillo have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tornillo
    • Tornillo is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tornillo <2>
  • Fabens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabens
    • Fabens is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fabens <2>
  • Morning Glory
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morning Glory have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morning Glory
    • Morning Glory is located in El Paso County
  • Agua Dulce
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Agua Dulce have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agua Dulce
    • Agua Dulce is located in El Paso County
    • Agua Dulce has also been known as:
    • Agua Dulce Colonia
  • Clint
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
    • Clint is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clint <2>
  • San Elizario
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Elizario have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Elizario
    • San Elizario is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Elizario <2>
  • Horizon City
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Horizon City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horizon City
    • Horizon City is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Horizon City <2>
  • Socorro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Socorro have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Socorro
    • Socorro is located in El Paso County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,883 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Socorro <2>
  • Sparks
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Sparks is located in El Paso County

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

Newspapers Published in Acala ...

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 6 newspapers that have been published in the area around Acala.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Acala, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Acala.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to 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 Acala:

• Websites specific to Texas
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails
  • Website for the //www.tsl.texas.gov/

• Pages specific to Hudspeth County
  • Jump to Cyndi's List
  • Jump to Family Search
  • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Genealogy information for nearby counties
  • El Paso County
    • Jump to Cyndi's List
    • Jump to Family Search
    • Jump to Genealogy Trails

• Cemetery Information and Directories for Texas
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Texas
  • Cemeteries of Hudspeth County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Texas
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Texas

Cemeteries Near Acala ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Acala.

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

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

• Quitman Cemetery
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Quitman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Quitman Cemetery
• San Lorenzo Cemetery
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the San Lorenzo Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the San Lorenzo Cemetery

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

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

• Fabens
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fabens
  • Fabens is located in El Paso County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fabens <2>
• Clint
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clint have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
  • Clint is located in El Paso County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clint <2>
• San Elizario
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Elizario have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Elizario
  • San Elizario is located in El Paso County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Elizario <2>

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/