Welcome to San Patricio ...

San Patricio is located in southeast New Mexico.

San Patricio is located in Lincoln County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Patricio, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1951.

San Patricio is 5,430 feet [1,655 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of San Patricio is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The area code for San Patricio: (575)

Communities Also Named San Patricio ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named San Patricio - they are located in Louisiana and Texas.

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

Communities near San Patricio ...

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

• Ruidoso
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruidoso
  • Ruidoso is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,061 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruidoso <4>
• Ruidoso Downs
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ruidoso Downs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruidoso Downs
  • Ruidoso Downs is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,631 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ruidoso Downs <4>
• Capitan
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Capitan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitan
  • Capitan is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capitan <4>
• Lincoln
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
  • Lincoln is located in Lincoln County
• Tinnie
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tinnie
  • Tinnie is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tinnie <4>
• Glencoe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
  • Glencoe is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <4>
• Picacho
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Picacho
  • Picacho is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Picacho <4>
• Fort Stanton ‑ Historic
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Stanton
  • Fort Stanton is located in Lincoln County
• Bluewater
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluewater
  • Bluewater is located in Lincoln County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluewater <4>
• Arabela
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arabela
  • Arabela is located in Lincoln 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 San Patricio. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for San Patricio.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Patricio ...

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

Adding San Patricio to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Patricio 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 Patricio was on a map titled Map of New Mexico (from Rand McNally, 1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Patricio.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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