Welcome to Bayard ...The city of Bayard is located in southwest New Mexico. Bayard is located in Grant County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bayard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Bayard has a population of 2,113 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Bayard is 5,820 feet [1,774 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Bayard is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Bayard lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Bayard (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. Area Code for Bayard: 575 The ZIP code for Bayard: 88023<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Bayard had an population of 2,113 people. This is a decrease of 9.24% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.61% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Bayard had a population of 2,328 people (or 7.92% of the total population of Grant County). This makes Bayard the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Bayard represents 0.11% of the total population of New Mexico (which has 2,059,179 people), making it the state's 44th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,328 people, the population of Bayard decreased 8.13% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,534 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Bayard. Communities Also Named Bayard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Bayard - they are located in Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bayard. Communities near Bayard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bayard.
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 Bayard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bayard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bayard. 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 Bayard. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bayard. See our Newspapers Page for Bayard. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bayard ...Looking for more information about Bayard? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Bayard, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bayard. Adding Bayard to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bayard 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 (so far) for Bayard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bayard. Footnotes ...
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