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Welcome to Tafoya ...

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

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


Tafoya would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Tafoya, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1936.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Tafoya is 6,300 feet [1,920 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Tafoya is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Tafoya (for example, toward Texline (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Tafoya still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Tafoya ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Tafoya: This one is located in Colfax County and the other is located in Valencia County.

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

Communities near Tafoya ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Tafoya.

  • Gladstone
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kiowa ‑ Historic
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kiowa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiowa
    • Kiowa is located in Colfax County
  • Capulin
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Des Moines
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
    • Des Moines is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Moines <5>
  • Grenville
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grenville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grenville
    • Grenville is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grenville <5>
  • Mills
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Maxwell
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maxwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxwell
    • Maxwell is located in Colfax County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maxwell <5>
  • Folsom
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
    • Folsom is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
  • Springer
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Springer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springer
    • Springer is located in Colfax County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 910 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springer <5>

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

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

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

Adding Tafoya to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tafoya in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tafoya was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Tafoya post office opened in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tafoya.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tafoya, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Colfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tafoya - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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