Welcome to Heaton ...

So far, we found very little information about Heaton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Heaton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Heaton, please Contact Us.

Heaton would have been located within present day McKinley County<2>.

The location of Heaton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heaton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Heaton is 6,820 feet [2,079 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Heaton is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Heaton, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

The location where Heaton once stood is in the (505) area code.

Communities Also Named Heaton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Heaton - they are located in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Heaton ...

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

• Gallup
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
  • Gallup is located in McKinley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallup <5>
• Rehoboth
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
  • Rehoboth is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rehoboth <5>
• Yah-ta-hey
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yah-ta-hey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
  • Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
• Navajo Wingate Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo Wingate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Wingate Village
  • Navajo Wingate Village is located in McKinley County
• Rock Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
• Church Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Rock
  • Church Rock is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Rock <5>
• Red Rock
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock is located in McKinley County
• Twin Lakes
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
• Defiance
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
  • Defiance is located in McKinley County
• Bread Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
  • Bread Springs is located in McKinley 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 Heaton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heaton.

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

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

Adding Heaton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Heaton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Heaton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Heaton post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heaton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for McKinley County: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/

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