Welcome to Caprock ...

Caprock is located in southeast New Mexico.

Caprock is located in Lea County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caprock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

Caprock is 4,370 feet [1,332 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Caprock is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Code for Caprock: 575

Communities near Caprock ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Caprock.

• Crossroads
  (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Crossroads is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossroads <3>
• Tatum
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tatum
  • Tatum is located in Lea County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 829 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tatum <3>
• Milnesand
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milnesand
  • Milnesand is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milnesand <3>
• McDonald
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
  • McDonald is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McDonald <3>

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Caprock ...

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

Adding Caprock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Caprock post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caprock.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/

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