Vera Cruz, New Mexico

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

Vera Cruz would have been located within present day Lincoln County

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vera Cruz is 2,130 feet [649.22 m] above sea level.^<2>

Time Zone: The area where Vera Cruz was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Vera Cruz can be found in:

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008<4> Population	Change Since 2000
	Alpine Cellars Village	S	16 mi [25.75 km]	---
	Capitan	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	1,510	4.64% increase
	Carrizozo	W	10 mi [16.09 km]	1,047	1.06% increase
	Cloudcroft	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	883	17.89% increase
	Corona	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	185	12.12% increase
	La Luz	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Vera Cruz.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<5>

Search for Local Businesses

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