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Welcome to Galeyville ...

Galeyville is located in Cochise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Galeyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Galeyville is 5,730 feet [1,747 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Galeyville is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Galeyville and travel east, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does.

Area Code for Galeyville: 520

Communities near Galeyville ...

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

  • Hilltop ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hilltop is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
  • Portal
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Rodeo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Apache
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Apache is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache
  • Camp Bowie ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Camp Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camp Bowie
  • Fort Bowie ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Fort Bowie is located in Cochise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bowie
  • San Simon
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Cotton City
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Cotton City is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton City
  • Steins ‑ Historic
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
    • Steins is located in Hidalgo County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steins
    • Former name for Steins:
    • Stein's Pass
  • Animas
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Galeyville ...

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

Adding Galeyville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Galeyville post office opened in 1881. The Galeyville post office closed in 1882.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Galeyville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Cochise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Galeyville - 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/