Welcome to San Miguel ...
So far, we found very little information about San Miguel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added San Miguel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Miguel, please Contact Us.
San Miguel would have been located within present day San Miguel County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of San Miguel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.
While the community is gone, the present day location for San Miguel is 8,750 feet [2,667 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of San Miguel is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where San Miguel was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
San Miguel would have been located in the (970) area code.
Communities Also Named San Miguel ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named San Miguel: This one is located in San Miguel County and the other is located in Las Animas County.
Beyond Colorado, there are 12 communities that are also named San Miguel - they are located in Arizona (2), California (4), New Mexico (4) and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for San Miguel.
Communities near San Miguel ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near San Miguel.
- Ouray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ouray
- Ouray is located in Ouray County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,046 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ouray <4>
- Ridgway
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgway
- Ridgway is located in Ouray County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,039 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgway <4>
- Silverton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
- Silverton is located in San Juan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 679 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <4>
- Ophir
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Ophir is located in San Miguel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ophir <4>
- Sawpit
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawpit
- Sawpit is located in San Miguel County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 38 people
- Sawpit has also been known as:
- Saw Pit
- Alta ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alta
- Alta is located in San Miguel County
- Tomboy ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east) - Chattanooga ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattanooga
- Chattanooga is located in San Juan County
- Red Mountain ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Mountain
- Red Mountain is located in Ouray County
- Vanadium ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
- Vanadium is located in San Miguel County
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 San Miguel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Miguel.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Miguel. 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 San Miguel.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Miguel. See our Newspapers Page for San Miguel.
Adding San Miguel to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of San Miguel 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 San Miguel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the San Miguel post office opened in 1877.
We also found San Miguel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for San Miguel.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for San Miguel County: www.sanmiguelcounty.org/
The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/
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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about San Miguel, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including San Miguel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Miguel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |