While the community is gone, the present day location for Ancho is 6,120 feet [1,865 m] above sea level.^<2> In other words, the elevation of Ancho is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Ancho was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Ancho once stood is in the (575) area code.

Communities near Ancho ...

The following is a sample of nearby communities. Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Ancho and not the distance if you are driving it.^<3>.

Community	2016 ^<4> Population	Direction	Distance
Alpine Cellars Village [Map]	---	S	38 miles [61.2 km]
Alto [Map]	---	S	37 miles [59.5 km]
Capitan [Map]	1,388	S	28 miles [45.1 km]
Carrizozo [Map]	938	S	21 miles [33.8 km]
Cedarvale [Map]	---	N	30 miles [48.3 km]
Claunch [Map]	---	NW	20 miles [32.2 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Ancho.

See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...

We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.

We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Ancho. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ancho. 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 Ancho.

These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Ancho:

Search for Local Businesses ...

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Ancho no longer exists, the following searches are centered on the area where it would have stood. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.

If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.

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Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 Ancho, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. - Return to Citation
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ancho - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance starting in Ancho. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Ancho) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Ancho. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.9378, Longitude: -105.7397 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Ancho have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Ancho. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Ancho.