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Welcome to Bueyeros ...

Bueyeros is located in northeast New Mexico.

Bueyeros is located in Harding County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bueyeros, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

Bueyeros is 4,540 feet [1,384 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bueyeros is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Bueyeros and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Bueyeros: 575

Communities near Bueyeros ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Bueyeros.

  • Mosquero
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Solano
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
  • Gladstone
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Roy
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
    • Roy is located in Harding County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roy <3>
  • Amistad
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bueyeros ...

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

Adding Bueyeros to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bueyeros 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 Bueyeros was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

X2X - From that list, the Bueyeros post office opened in 1898.

We also found Bueyeros on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bueyeros.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Harding, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bueyeros - 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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