Welcome to Bingham ...

Bingham is located in southwest New Mexico.

Bingham is located in Socorro County<1>.

The location of Bingham has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bingham, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1934.

Bingham is 5,480 feet [1,670 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Bingham is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Bingham is within the boundaries of the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Bingham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Bingham - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bingham.

Communities near Bingham ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Bingham.

• Coane ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coane have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coane
  • Coane is located in Socorro County
• Claunch
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claunch
  • Claunch is located in Socorro County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Claunch <4>
• San Antonio
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
  • San Antonio is located in Socorro County
• San Antonito
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonito
  • San Antonito is located in Socorro County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonito <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bingham. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bingham.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bingham. 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 Bingham.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bingham ...

Looking for more information about Bingham? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bingham, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bingham.

Adding Bingham to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bingham 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 Bingham was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bingham post office opened in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bingham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Bingham. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/