Welcome to Kennedy ...

Kennedy is located in Santa Fe County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Kennedy, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Kennedy is 6,020 feet [1,835 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Kennedy is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Kennedy lies within the (505) area code.

Communities Also Named Kennedy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Kennedy: This one is located in Santa Fe County and the other is located in Lincoln County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 31 communities that are also named Kennedy - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia (2), California, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Kennedy ...

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

• Santa Fe
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Fe
  • Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Fe <4>
• Lamy
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lamy
  • Lamy is located in Santa Fe County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lamy <4>
• Eldorado at Santa Fe
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldorado at Santa Fe have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado at Santa Fe
  • Eldorado at Santa Fe is located in Santa Fe County
• Los Cerrillos
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
  • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
  • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
  • Cerrillos
• Madrid
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Madrid have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madrid
  • Madrid is located in Santa Fe County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madrid <4>
• Bonanza City ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bonanza City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bonanza City
  • Bonanza City is located in Santa Fe County
• La Cienega
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for La Cienega have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Cienega
  • La Cienega is located in Santa Fe County
• Seton Village
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seton Village
  • Seton Village is located in Santa Fe County
• Canada de los Alamos
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canada de los Alamos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canada de los Alamos
  • Canada de los Alamos is located in Santa Fe County
• San Pedro
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Pedro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe 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 Kennedy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kennedy.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kennedy ...

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

Adding Kennedy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Kennedy post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Kennedy.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Santa Fe County: www.co.santa-fe.nm.us/

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