Lower Colonias Cemetery in Lower Colonias, New Mexico

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Coordinates: 35.54229, -105.58631
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The Lower Colonias Cemetery is listed as "Santo Nino Cem" on the topographical map, which would correspond with the Santo Niño Mission a few hundred feet E of the cemetery. Rocks arranged near the fence of the cemetery indicate they might have been the base of a rock fence around the older section of the cemetery, which is basically the NE quarter of the cemetery. There were dozens of what obviously are stones set as headstones, but most have lost any information that might have been on their surface. The newer interments are in the S central area of the cemetery.

Lower Colonias is estimated to be an acre and a half in area. The cemetery is rectangular-shaped running mostly E-W. It's surrounded by a wire fence. The old vehicle entrance gate is on the E end near the NE corner. The newer access gate is on the N side near the NW corner, and is padlocked. A pedestrian gate is next to it, and provided access.

A census was completed in October 2020, which included several graves that were unidentifiable as well as some that were only a few months old, to reflect the actual census and history of the town.