Welcome to Urton ...

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

We've added Urton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Urton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Urton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Urton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Urton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

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

Urton would have been located in the (575) area code.

Adding Urton to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Urton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Urton post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Urton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Roosevelt County: www.rooseveltcounty.com/

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 Urton, 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 Roosevelt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/