Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, Cemetery Details

= Springer Cemetery =

Address:    Springer, New Mexico

Location:    Located on the east side of town. North of US 56/412 on east side of County Road 31 and 4th Street.

Elevation:    5832 feet

GPS:          Latitude: 36.36107 N     Longitude: -104.58440 W

Map:          Interactive Map

Photos:      1 entrance, 4 graves,

History:

Interments:  373     Details

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Sweet Water Cemetery / Agua Dulce Cemetery

Address:

Location:       Five miles west of the Colmor exit on I-25, on the north side of NM 569. The cemetery is on the ridge east of Sweetwater Creek. It is about 5.8 miles from the Abreu cemetery.; and about 8.8 miles from the Miami Cemetery.

Beside the adobe, tin roofed, church, south of the power line, are about 20 graves with rock headstones, or broken wooden crosses, 5 are marked (see Sweet Water West Cemetery).

Elevation:      2,026 meters

GPS:            Latitude: 36.3836469  N     Longitude: -104.9130555  W

Map:             Interactive map 1, map 2,

History:         Sweetwater is now a ghost town, located on the Sweetwater Creek, which flows into the Ocate Creek, then the Canadian River. The Post Office was open 1878-1882.

Interments:    13 Details 1; 57 Details 2,  Details 3,

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= Sweet Water West Cemetery =

Address:

Location:    Near the Sweet Water Cemetery mentioned above. Beside the adobe church.

Elevation:    2,026 meters

GPS:          Latitude: 36.36107 N Longitude: -104.58440 W

Map:           Interactive Map 1, Map 2,

History:

Interments:  5 ; There are about 20 graves with simple headstones, or broken crosses.

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