Welcome to Tanque Verde ...

Tanque Verde is located in Pima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tanque Verde, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Tanque Verde is 2,670 feet [814 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Tanque Verde is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Tanque Verde: 520

Communities near Tanque Verde ...

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

• Tucson
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Tucson is located in Pima County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553,571 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tucson <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tucson
  • From Tanque Verde to Tucson
• Oro Valley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oro Valley is located in Pima County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,678 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oro Valley <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Oro Valley
  • From Tanque Verde to Oro Valley
• South Tucson
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • South Tucson is located in Pima County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,742 people
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to South Tucson
  • From Tanque Verde to South Tucson
• Vandenberg Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Vandenberg Village is located in Pima County
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• Willow Canyon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Willow Canyon is located in Pima County
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Willow Canyon
  • From Tanque Verde to Willow Canyon
• Wilmot
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wilmot is located in Pima County
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Wilmot
  • From Tanque Verde to Wilmot
• Catalina Foothills
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Catalina Foothills is located in Pima County
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Catalina Foothills
  • From Tanque Verde to Catalina Foothills
• Drexel - Alvernon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Drexel - Alvernon is located in Pima County
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• Esmond
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Esmond is located in Pima County
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Esmond
  • From Tanque Verde to Esmond
• Littletown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Littletown is located in Pima County
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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 Tanque Verde. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tanque Verde.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tanque Verde ...

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

Adding Tanque Verde to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tanque Verde post office opened in 1888. The Tanque Verde post office closed in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tanque Verde.