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- Antiguo Morelos:
- city south of Chamal Valley
- Atascador:
- Colony 75 miles south of Chamal, Blalock and others drove many cattle there for grazing and selling
- Boquilla River :
- river that enters the Chamal Valley from the west mountains, crosses the valley and exits through the east mountains
- Gomez Farias:
- city north of the Chamal Valley in the high mountains
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- jejenes:
- a type of biting sand fly
- Joya de Salas:
- a village in the Municipality of Jaumave in the state of Tamaulipas in the high mountains north of Chamal, translates to "Hall of Jewels"
- La Mora:
- area just south of Xicotencatl
- Loma Alta:
- city east north east and over east mountains from Chamal
- Lonesome Cove:
- location in the high mountains north of Chamal where the colonists hid during the revolution
- nigua:
- flea like pest that bores into the skin of toes or feet and causes much itching
- piloncillo:
- a form of brown sugar made from cooking the juice from sugarcane
- sitio de ganado mayor:
- Mexico, 19th - 20th century, unit of land area, one square league, approximately 17.5561 square kilometers (approximately 4,338 acres) legalized in 1837 by the Mexican Ordinance for Land and Sea.1 This was the amount of land considered necessary for a cattle ranch. Also spelled sitio de ganedo mayor. In California, 19th century, this unit was sometimes referred to as a California league, distinguishing it from the league in Texas, which was 4,428.4 acres
- Xicotencatl:
- city north east of the Chamal Valley near the Arguellas railroad station
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