Welcome to Red Hill ...

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

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

Red Hill would have been located within present day Catron County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Hill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1935.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Red Hill is 7,260 feet [2,213 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Red Hill is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Red Hill (for example, toward Springerville (AZ)), 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.

Communities Also Named Red Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 57 communities that are also named Red Hill - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (3), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kentucky (3), Louisiana, Maryland (3), Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina (5), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina (7), Tennessee (10), Texas (3), Virginia (6) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Red Hill ...

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

• Quemado
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quemado
  • Quemado is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Quemado <5>
• Springerville
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springerville
  • Springerville is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springerville <5>
• Eagar
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagar
  • Eagar is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagar <5>
• Nutrioso
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutrioso
  • Nutrioso is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nutrioso <5>
• Luna
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Luna is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luna <5>
• Alpine
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alpine is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <5>
• Omega
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Omega
  • Omega is located in Catron County
• Apache Creek
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
  • Apache Creek is located in Catron County
• Aragon
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
  • Aragon is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aragon <5>
• Cruzville
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
  • Cruzville is located in Catron 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 Red Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Red Hill.

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

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

Adding Red Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red Hill 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 Red Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Red Hill post office opened in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Hill.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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