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Welcome to San Marcial ...So far, we found very little information about San Marcial. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added San Marcial to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Marcial, please Contact Us. San Marcial would have been located within present day Socorro County<2>. The location of San Marcial has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of San Marcial, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869. While the community is gone, the present day location for San Marcial is 4,480 feet [1,366 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of San Marcial is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where San Marcial was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If San Marcial still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code. Communities near San Marcial ...We have created a list of 4 communities that are near San Marcial.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around San Marcial. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Marcial. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Marcial. 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 San Marcial. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Marcial. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for San Marcial. Adding San Marcial to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of San Marcial 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 San Marcial was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found San Marcial in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for San Marcial. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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