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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 Arno (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 Arno. 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 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 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.

Arno is located in Reeves 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 Reeves County: Eddy (NM), Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos & Ward.

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

  • Reeves County     (The home county of Arno)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arno, with the one closest to Arno listed first.
    • Orla ‑ Historic
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orla
      • Orla is located in Reeves County
    • Pecos
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • 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 Reeves County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,488 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
    • Lindsay
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lindsay have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindsay
      • Lindsay is located in Reeves County
    • Toyah
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Loving County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arno, with the one closest to Arno listed first.
    • Mentone
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Woody ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Woody. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woody
      • Woody is located in Loving County
  • Ward County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arno, with the one closest to Arno listed first.
    • Barstow
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Pyote
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Winkler County
    • Wink
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
      • Wink is located in Winkler County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Arno ...

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 31 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arno.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arno, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arno.

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 Arno:

Cemeteries Near Arno ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arno.

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

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

  • Lara Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lara Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lara Cemetery
  • Barstow Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Barstow Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barstow Cemetery
  • Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairview Cemetery
  • Dean Memorial Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dean Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dean Memorial Park
  • Santa Rosa Cemetery
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Santa Rosa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Santa Rosa Cemetery
  • Toyah New Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toyah New Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toyah New Cemetery
  • Toyah Old Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Toyah Old Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Toyah Old Cemetery
  • Mexican Cemetery
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mexican Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mexican 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.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Arno had railroad service and no post office.

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

  • Riverton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Riverton have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
    • Riverton is located in Reeves County
  • Hermosa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hermosa have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermosa
    • Hermosa is located in Reeves County
  • Pecos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 Reeves County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,488 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
  • Barstow
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Toyah
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)

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

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

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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>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.
<4>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- Arno) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arno. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6604, Longitude: -103.6323       In this case, the coordinates for Arno have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Arno, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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