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Welcome to Buenos Aires ...

Buenos Aires is located in Pima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Buenos Aires, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Buenos Aires is 3,040 feet [927 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Buenos Aires is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Buenos Aires lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Buenos Aires: 520

Communities Also Named Buenos Aires ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Buenos Aires - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near Buenos Aires ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Buenos Aires.

  • Sasabe
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • San Miguel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • San Miguel is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • Choulic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Choulic is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choulic
  • Chutum Vaya ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Chutum Vaya is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chutum Vaya
  • South Komelik
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • South Komelik is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Komelik
  • Arivaca
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Vamori
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Vamori is located in Pima County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vamori
  • Oro Blanco ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Oro Blanco is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Blanco
  • Partridge ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Partridge is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Partridge
  • Topawa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Buenos Aires ...

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

Adding Buenos Aires to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Buenos Aires 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 (so far) for Buenos Aires was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Buenos Aires post office opened in 1892. The Buenos Aires post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Buenos Aires.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Pima, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Buenos Aires - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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