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Welcome to Bethel ...So far, we found very little information about Bethel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bethel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bethel, please Contact Us. Bethel would have been located within present day Roosevelt County<2>. The location of Bethel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Bethel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bethel is 4,060 feet [1,237 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Bethel is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Bethel was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Bethel (for example, toward Muleshoe (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). If Bethel still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code. Communities Also Named Bethel ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Bethel: This one is located in Roosevelt County and the other is located in Lincoln County. Beyond New Mexico, there are 143 communities that are also named Bethel - they are located in Alabama (13), Alaska, Arkansas (7), California, Connecticut (2), Delaware (2), Florida (2), Georgia (10), Illinois (4), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (5), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (5), Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (9), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (2), Ontario (4), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (8), Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (14), Texas (9), Vermont, Virginia (7), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bethel. Communities near Bethel ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bethel.
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 Bethel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bethel. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bethel. See our Newspapers Page for Bethel. Adding Bethel to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bethel 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 Bethel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bethel. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Roosevelt County: www.rooseveltcounty.com/ The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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