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Welcome to Edith ...

Edith is located in Archuleta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Edith is 7,080 feet [2,158 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Edith is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Edith: 970 & 748<3>

Communities Also Named Edith ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Edith - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Edith ...

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

  • Pagosa Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Chama
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Chama is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <4>
  • Chromo
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lumberton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
  • Dulce
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Monero
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Monero is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
  • Navajo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Navajo is located in Rio Arriba County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo
  • Trujillo
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Trujillo is located in Archuleta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trujillo
  • Juanita ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Juanita is located in Archuleta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juanita
  • Gato
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Gato is located in Archuleta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gato

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Edith ...

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

Adding Edith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Edith 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 Edith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Edith post office opened in 1895. The Edith post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edith.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Archuleta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edith - 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 Edith area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Edith 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/