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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 Arabela (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 Arabela. 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 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.

Arabela is located in Lincoln 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 Lincoln County: Chaves, DeBaca, Guadalupe, Otero, Sierra, Socorro & Torrance.

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

  • Lincoln County     (The home county of Arabela)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Arabela, with the one closest to Arabela listed first.
    • Bluewater
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Lincoln
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
      • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
    • Hondo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Tinnie
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Picacho
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Glencoe
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
      • Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County
    • Capitan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capitan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
      • Capitan is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitan <1>
    • Alto
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Ruidoso Downs
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruidoso Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruidoso Downs
      • Ruidoso Downs is located in Lincoln County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,631 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruidoso Downs <1>
    • Nogal
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)

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

Newspapers Published in Arabela ...

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 11 newspapers that have been published in the area around Arabela.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Arabela, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Arabela.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin 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 Arabela:

  • Genealogy information for nearby counties

Cemeteries Near Arabela ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Arabela.

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

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

  • Las Palas Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Las Palas Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Las Palas Cemetery
  • Escondido Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Escondido Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Escondido Cemetery
  • Pleasant View Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pleasant View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pleasant View Cemetery
  • Lincoln Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Cemetery
  • Fritz Cemetery
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fritz Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fritz Cemetery
  • Griego Cemetery
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Griego Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Griego Cemetery
  • San Patricio Catholic Church Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • St. Jude Catholic Mission Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Casey Ranch Cemetery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Picacho Cemetery
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Glencoe Cemetery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glencoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glencoe Cemetery
  • Coe Cemetery
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Coe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Coe Cemetery
  • Continue List   (7 more) ...

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

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

  • Lincoln
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
    • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
  • Picacho
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
    • Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County

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

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

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

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 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.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Arabela) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Arabela. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.5869, Longitude: -105.1724    
<4>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.
<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 Arabela, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.









 

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