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Fort Selden, New Mexico

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While our information shows that the community of Fort Selden is historic,<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Fort Selden, we'll be sure to add our findings.

Fort Selden would have been located within present day Do?a Ana County

Typical abbreviation for Fort Selden: Ft. Selden (or less commonly used: Frt. Selden)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Selden is 1,210 feet [368.81 m] above sea level.<2>

Time Zone: The area where Fort Selden was located is 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 Fort Selden, but it seems to be unique to this community.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008<4>
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Dona Ana   SE8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Hatch   NW19 mi [30.58 km]1,6471.55% decrease
 Las Cruces   SE13 mi [20.92 km]91,86523.7% increase
 Mesilla   SE16 mi [25.75 km]2,2000.92% increase
 Mesquite   SE25 mi [40.23 km]---
 Rincon   NW15 mi [24.14 km]---

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


The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico
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Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Fort Selden no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Las Cruces. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Fort Selden:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Fort Selden? Please visit the Map Page for Fort Selden.


Footnotes

<1>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 larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fort Selden, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Selden - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Fort Selden and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Fort Selden.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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