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Welcome to Arriola ...

Arriola is located in Montezuma County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arriola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Arriola is 6,400 feet [1,951 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Arriola is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Arriola lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Arriola: 970 & 748<3>

Communities near Arriola ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arriola ...

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

Adding Arriola to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arriola in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Arriola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Arriola post office opened in 1894. The Arriola post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arriola.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Montezuma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arriola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Arriola area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Arriola area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/