Welcome to Alire ...

So far, we 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<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Alire, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1923.

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 ...

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

• Cebolla
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolla
  • Cebolla is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cebolla <4>
• Canjilon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canjilon
  • Canjilon is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canjilon <4>
• Rutheron
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutheron
  • Rutheron is located in Rio Arriba County
• Llaves
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Llaves
  • Llaves is located in Rio Arriba County
• Los Ojos
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Ojos
  • Los Ojos is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Los Ojos <4>
• Brazos
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
  • Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
• Canones
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canones
  • Canones is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canones <4>
• Coyote
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coyote
  • Coyote is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coyote <4>
• Gallina
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallina
  • Gallina is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallina <4>
• Arroyo del Agua
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo del Agua
  • Arroyo del Agua is located in Rio Arriba County

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

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 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Alire.

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

Adding Alire to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Alire post office opened in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Alire.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/