Welcome to El Vado ...

El Vado is located in Rio Arriba County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Vado, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

El Vado is 6,850 feet [2,088 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of El Vado is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named El Vado ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Vado - it's located in Colorado.

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

Communities near El Vado ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Vado.

• Rutheron
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
  • Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
• Los Ojos
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojos
  • Los Ojos is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Ojos <4>
• Cebolla
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolla
  • Cebolla is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cebolla <4>
• Brazos
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
• Canjilon
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canjilon
  • Canjilon is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canjilon <4>
• Llaves
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
  • Llaves is located in Rio Arriba County
• Chama
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
  • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <4>
• Monero
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
  • Monero is located in Rio Arriba County
• Gallina
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallina
  • Gallina is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallina <4>
• Lumberton
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
  • Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba 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 El Vado. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Vado.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Vado. See our Newspapers Page for El Vado.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Vado ...

Looking for more information about El Vado? 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 El Vado, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for El Vado.

Adding El Vado to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the El Vado post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Vado.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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