Welcome to Barranca ...Barranca is located in Taos County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Barranca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Barranca is 6,950 feet [2,118 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Barranca is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Barranca lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Barranca: 575 Communities Also Named Barranca ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Barranca: This one is located in Taos County and the other is located in Rio Arriba County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barranca. Communities near Barranca ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barranca.
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 Barranca. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barranca. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barranca. 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 Barranca. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barranca. See our Newspapers Page for Barranca. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barranca ...Looking for more information about Barranca? 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 Barranca, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Barranca. Adding Barranca to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barranca 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 Barranca was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Barranca in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Barranca. Footnotes ...
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