Cloudcroft, New Mexico

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The village of Cloudcroft is located in Otero County.

Cloudcroft is 2,660 feet [810.77 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Cloudcroft lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Cloudcroft, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Cloudcroft had a population of 749 people^<2> (or 1.2% of the total population of Otero County). The population of Cloudcroft represented 0.04% of the total of New Mexico.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Cloudcroft had a population of 883 people. This is an increase of 17.89% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Cloudcroft.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alamogordo	W	14 mi [22.53 km]	35,757	0.49% increase
	Alpine Cellars Village	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	---
	Boles Acres	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	---
	Capitan	N	41 mi [66 km]	1,510	4.64% increase
	La Luz	W	12 mi [19.31 km]	---
	Mescalero	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Cloudcroft.

Website for Cloudcroft

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The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Cloudcroft. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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