Welcome to Fort Fillmore ...
So far, we found very little information about Fort Fillmore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fort Fillmore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Fort Fillmore - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Fort Fillmore, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Fort Fillmore , we believe that it would have been located within present day Dona Ana County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Fillmore, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Fillmore: Ft. Fillmore
Time Zone: The area where Fort Fillmore was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Fort Fillmore once stood is in the (575) area code.
Adding Fort Fillmore to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Fort Fillmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Fort Fillmore post office opened in 1852.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Fillmore.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Dona Ana County: www.co.dona-ana.nm.us/
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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 Fort Fillmore, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Dona Ana, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |