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Welcome to Tierra Amarilla ...So far, we found very little information about Tierra Amarilla. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Tierra Amarilla to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tierra Amarilla, please Contact Us. Tierra Amarilla was located in north central New Mexico. Tierra Amarilla would have been located within present day Rio Arriba County<2>. The location of Tierra Amarilla has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Tierra Amarilla, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866. While the community is gone, the present day location for Tierra Amarilla is 7,520 feet [2,292 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Tierra Amarilla is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Tierra Amarilla was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Tierra Amarilla would have been located in the (575) area code. Communities near Tierra Amarilla ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tierra Amarilla.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tierra Amarilla. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tierra Amarilla. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tierra Amarilla. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tierra Amarilla. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tierra Amarilla. See our Newspapers Page for Tierra Amarilla. Adding Tierra Amarilla to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tierra Amarilla in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tierra Amarilla was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Tierra Amarilla in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Tierra Amarilla. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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