Welcome to Tumacacori ...

Tumacacori is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tumacacori, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1947.

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

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

Area Code for Tumacacori: 520

The ZIP code for Tumacacori: 85640<3>

Communities near Tumacacori ...

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

• Nogales
  (17 miles [27.4 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 <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Nogales
  • From Tumacacori to Nogales
• Patagonia
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patagonia
  • Patagonia is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 881 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Patagonia <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Patagonia
  • From Tumacacori to Patagonia
• Rio Rico Northeast
  (5 miles [8 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
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico Northwest
  • Rio Rico Northwest is located in Santa Cruz County
• Calabasas ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calabasas
  • Calabasas is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Calabasas
  • From Tumacacori to Calabasas
• Rio Rico Southwest
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico Southwest
  • Rio Rico Southwest is located in Santa Cruz County
• Rio Rico
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Rico
  • Rio Rico is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rio Rico <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Rio Rico
  • From Tumacacori to Rio Rico
• Amado
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amado
  • Amado is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amado <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Amado
  • From Tumacacori to Amado
• Alto ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Alto. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alto
  • Alto is located in Santa Cruz County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Alto
  • From Tumacacori to Alto
• Arivaca Junction
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arivaca Junction
  • Arivaca Junction is located in Pima County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arivaca Junction
  • From Tumacacori to Arivaca Junction

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tumacacori ...

Looking for more information about Tumacacori? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Tumacacori, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Tumacacori.

Adding Tumacacori to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tumacacori 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 Tumacacori was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Tumacacori post office opened in 1947.

We also found Tumacacori on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Arizona (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tumacacori.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tumacacori. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Santa Cruz County: www.co.santa-cruz.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/