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Welcome to Atencio ...

Atencio is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Atencio, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Atencio is 4,810 feet [1,466 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Atencio is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel south from Atencio (for example, toward Texline (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Atencio: 575

Communities near Atencio ...

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

  • Moses
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moses
    • Moses is located in Union County
  • Mexhoma ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mexhoma
    • Mexhoma is located in Cimarron County (OK)
  • Seneca
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kenton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Wheeless
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeless
    • Wheeless is located in Cimarron County (OK)
  • Clayton
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Felt
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Dora
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Carrizo Springs
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Carrizo Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrizo Springs
    • Carrizo Springs is located in Baca County (CO)
  • Texline
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Atencio ...

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

Adding Atencio to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Atencio post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Atencio.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Atencio - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/