Welcome to Rehoboth ...

Rehoboth is located in northwest New Mexico.

Rehoboth is located in McKinley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rehoboth, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Rehoboth is 6,580 feet [2,006 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Rehoboth is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Rehoboth and travel west, 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 telephone area code for Rehoboth: (505)

The ZIP code for Rehoboth: 87322<3>

Communities Also Named Rehoboth ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Rehoboth - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (2), Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio (2), South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Rehoboth ...

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

• Gallup
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • 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 <4>
• Fort Wingate
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Wingate
  • Fort Wingate is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Wingate <4>
• Red Rock
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock is located in McKinley County
• Bread Springs
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
  • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
• Yah-ta-hey
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yah-ta-hey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
  • Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
• Rock Springs
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
• Defiance
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
  • Defiance is located in McKinley County
• Twin Lakes
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Lakes
  • Twin Lakes is located in McKinley County
• Brimhall Nizhoni
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brimhall Nizhoni have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brimhall Nizhoni
  • Brimhall Nizhoni is located in McKinley County
• Vanderwagen
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanderwagen
  • Vanderwagen is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vanderwagen <4>

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 Rehoboth. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rehoboth.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rehoboth ...

Looking for more information about Rehoboth? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Rehoboth, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Rehoboth.

Adding Rehoboth to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rehoboth post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rehoboth.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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

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