Welcome to Arenas Valley ...

Arenas Valley is located in southwest New Mexico.

Arenas Valley is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arenas Valley, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1947.

A typical abbreviation for Arenas Valley: Arenas Vly. (or less commonly used: Arenas Vally. or Arenas Vlly.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Arenas Valley for more information about variations on the name of Arenas Valley.

Arenas Valley is 6,130 feet [1,868 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Arenas Valley is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Arenas Valley lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Arenas Valley (for example, toward Duncan (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

The telephone area code for Arenas Valley: (575)

The ZIP code for Arenas Valley: 88022<3>

Communities near Arenas Valley ...

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

• Silver City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
  • Silver City is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <4>
• Bayard
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayard have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
  • Bayard is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayard <4>
• Hurley
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
  • Hurley is located in Grant County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <4>
• Cobre
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
  • Cobre is located in Grant County
• Vanadium
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vanadium
  • Vanadium is located in Grant County
• Hanover
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanover
  • Hanover is located in Grant County
• Little Walnut Village
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Walnut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
  • Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
• Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
  • Pinos Altos is located in Grant County
• Pinos Altos
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
  • Pinos Altos is located in San Miguel County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinos Altos <4>
• Santa Rita ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Rita have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
  • Santa Rita is located in Grant 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 Arenas Valley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arenas Valley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arenas Valley. 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 Arenas Valley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arenas Valley ...

Looking for more information about Arenas Valley? 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 Arenas Valley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Arenas Valley.

Adding Arenas Valley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arenas Valley 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 Arenas Valley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Arenas Valley post office opened in 1947.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arenas Valley.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arenas Valley. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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