Welcome to Alamo ...
So far, we have found very little information about Alamo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alamo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alamo, please Contact Us.
Alamo would have been located within present day Guadalupe County.
The location of Alamo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While the community is gone, the present day location for Alamo is 4,570 feet [1,393 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Alamo is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Alamo was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Alamo once stood is in the (575) area code.
Communities near Alamo ...
A sample of nearby communities can be found below.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance and not the distance if you are driving.<4>.
| Community | 2017<5> Population | Dir | Distance |
| Cuervo [Map] | --- | NW | 15 miles [24.1 km] |
| Fort Sumner [Map] | 933 | S | 24 miles [38.6 km] |
| House [Map] | 63 | SE | 25 miles [40.2 km] |
| Lake Sumner [Map] | --- | S | 15 miles [24.1 km] |
| McAlister [Map] | --- | E | 30 miles [48.3 km] |
| Newkirk [Map] | --- | N | 15 miles [24.1 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Alamo.
Communities Also Named Alamo ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two New Mexico communities named Alamo: This one is located in Guadalupe County and the other is located in Socorro County.
Beyond New Mexico, there are 20 communities that are also named Alamo - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alamo.
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alamo. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alamo. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alamo.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alamo:
Other Roadside Stops ...
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Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alamo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we have found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alamo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alamo) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alamo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.8376, Longitude: -104.2780 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Alamo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alamo. |