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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 Aero Vista (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 Aero Vista. 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 Aero Vista ...

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 Aero Vista: Aero Vis.

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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors 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.

Aero Vista is located in El Paso County.

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

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

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

  • El Paso County     (The home county of Aero Vista)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aero Vista, with the one closest to Aero Vista listed first.
    • Fort Bliss
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bliss
    • El Paso
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Smelter Town
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
      • Smelter Town is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
    • Belen
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Belen is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
    • Homestead Meadows North
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Homestead Meadows
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Homestead Meadows is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Meadows
    • Homestead Meadows South
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Canutillo
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparks
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparks is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Prado Verde
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Prado Verde is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prado Verde
    • Westway
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Westway is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
    • Socorro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Dona Ana County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Aero Vista, with the one closest to Aero Vista listed first.
    • Sunland Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Chaparral
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Chaparral is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral
    • Santa Teresa
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Anthony
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • La Union
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • La Union is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Union
    • Berino
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chamberino
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamberino is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino
    • Vado
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • La Mesa
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lanark ‑ Historic
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
    • Mesquite
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Aero Vista ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Aero Vista.

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 Aero Vista - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
  • Rest Lawn Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Temple Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Evergreen Cemetery East
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
  • Canutillo Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • San Lorenzo Cemetery
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Old Berino Cemetery
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Chamberino Cemetery
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino Cemetery
      • The Chamberino Cemetery has also been known as:
      • San Luis Cemetery
    • Cuadrilla Cemetery
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Helm Cemetery
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
    • St. Josephs Cemetery
      (27 miles [43.5 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 Aero Vista in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Aero Vista.

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

  • Alfalfa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Alfalfa is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
  • El Paso
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Courchesne
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Courchesne is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courchesne
  • Ysleta
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ysleta is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysleta
  • Belen
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Belen is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
  • Montoya
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Montoya is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoya
  • Canutillo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • San Elizario
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Anthony
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Clint
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Clint is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clint
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,115 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clint <1>
  • Strauss ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Strauss is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
  • Fabens
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanark ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
  • Mesquite
    (29 miles [46.7 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 Aero Vista. See our List of 1890's Communities around Aero Vista.

Newspapers Published in Aero Vista ...

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 85 newspapers that have been published in the area around Aero Vista.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Aero Vista, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Aero Vista.

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 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 Aero Vista:

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