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Welcome to Carmen ...

Carmen is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carmen, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

Carmen is 3,270 feet [997 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Carmen is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Carmen: 520

Communities Also Named Carmen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Carmen - they are located in Alabama, Idaho, Kansas (2), New York, North Carolina and Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Carmen ...

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

  • Nogales
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nogales
    • Nogales is located in Santa Cruz County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,107 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nogales <3>
  • Patagonia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Otero ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Otero. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otero
    • Otero is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Rio Rico Northeast
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico Northeast
    • Rio Rico Northeast is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Rio Rico Northwest
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico Northwest
    • Rio Rico Northwest is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Amado
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Arivaca Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arivaca Junction
    • Arivaca Junction is located in Pima County
  • Calabasas ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Calabasas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabasas
    • Calabasas is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Rio Rico Southwest
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico Southwest
    • Rio Rico Southwest is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Rio Rico
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carmen ...

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

Adding Carmen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carmen 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 Carmen was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carmen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carmen - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.