Welcome to Albuquerque ...

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

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

Albuquerque was located on the South Texas Plains.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Albuquerque, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

When the people of Albuquerque referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Albuquerquean<3>

Time Zone: The area where Albuquerque was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Albuquerque still existed, it would have been in the (830) area code.

Communities Also Named Albuquerque ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Albuquerque: This one is located in Wilson County and the other is located in Gonzales County.

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

Adding Albuquerque to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Albuquerque post office opened in 1870.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Albuquerque.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.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 Albuquerque, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Albuquerque refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Albuquerque may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/