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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 La Guna (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 La Guna. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.

La Guna 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 La Guna. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to La Guna:

  • El Paso County     (The home county of La Guna)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Guna, with the one closest to La Guna listed first.
    • Smelter Town
      (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
      • Smelter Town is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smelter Town
    • El Paso
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Fort Bliss
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bliss
    • Prado Verde
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Prado Verde is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prado Verde
    • Canutillo
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Vinton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Westway
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Westway is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westway
    • Anthony
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Belen
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Belen is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
    • Socorro
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Sparks
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Sparks is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparks
    • Homestead Meadows North
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Homestead Meadows
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Homestead Meadows is located in El Paso County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead Meadows
  • Dona Ana County (NM)
    • The following are listed by their distance from La Guna, with the one closest to La Guna listed first.
    • Sunland Park
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Santa Teresa
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • La Union
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • La Union is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Union
    • Anthony
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Chaparral
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Chaparral is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chaparral
    • Chamberino
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Chamberino is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino
    • Berino
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Lanark ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
    • Vado
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
    • La Mesa
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Mesquite
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)

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

Cemeteries Near La Guna ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of La Guna.

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 La Guna - one of the links might be able to help.

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

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

  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Concordia Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Temple Mt. Sinai Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Ft. Bliss National Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rest Lawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Restlawn Memorial Park
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Canutillo Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Carmel Cemetery
    • The Mt. Carmel Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
  • Evergreen Cemetery East
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Chamberino Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberino Cemetery
    • The Chamberino Cemetery has also been known as:
    • San Luis Cemetery
  • Old Berino Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • San Lorenzo Cemetery
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • St. Josephs Cemetery
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cuadrilla Cemetery
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)

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

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

  • Courchesne
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Courchesne is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Courchesne
  • El Paso
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Montoya
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Montoya is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montoya
  • Alfalfa
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Alfalfa is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfalfa
  • Canutillo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Strauss ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Strauss is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strauss
  • Ysleta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Ysleta is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ysleta
  • Belen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Belen is located in El Paso County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belen
  • Anthony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • San Elizario
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Lanark ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lanark is located in Dona Ana County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanark
  • Clint
    (22 miles [35.4 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>
  • Mesquite
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Fabens
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)

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

Newspapers Published in La Guna ...

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 86 newspapers that have been published in the area around La Guna.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of La Guna, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for La Guna.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 La Guna:

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 drawn from Point A (ie- La Guna) 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 La Guna, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.