Welcome to Piedra ...Piedra is located in Archuleta County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Piedra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Piedra is 6,570 feet [2,003 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Piedra is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Piedra lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Piedra: 970 & 748<3> Communities Also Named Piedra ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Piedra - they are located in Arizona and California. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Piedra. Communities near Piedra ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piedra.
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 Piedra. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piedra. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piedra. 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 Piedra. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piedra. See our Newspapers Page for Piedra. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piedra ...Looking for more information about Piedra? 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 Piedra, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Piedra. Adding Piedra to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Piedra 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 Piedra was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Piedra. Footnotes ...
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