Welcome to Alire ...
So far, we have found very little information about Alire. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Alire to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alire, please Contact Us.
Alire would have been located within present day Rio Arriba County.
The location of Alire has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While the community is gone, the present day location for Alire is 7,130 feet [2,173 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Alire is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Alire was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities near Alire ...
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 drove.<4>.
| Community | Dir | Distance |
| Abiquiu [Map] | SE | 23 miles [37 km] |
| Arroyo del Agua [Map] | S | 22 miles [35.4 km] |
| Brazos [Map] | N | 19 miles [30.6 km] |
| Canjilon [Map] | E | 7 miles [11.3 km] |
| Canones [Map] | S | 21 miles [33.8 km] |
| Cebolla [Map] | NE | 6 miles [9.7 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Alire.
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 Alire. 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 Alire. 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 Alire.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alire:
Other Roadside Stops ...
Cities, Towns and Villages of New Mexico
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 Alire, 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 Alire - 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 drawn from Point A (ie- Alire) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alire. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.4764, Longitude: -106.5809 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Alire have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |