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Welcome to Cedar Grove ...

So far, we found very little information about Cedar Grove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cedar Grove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cedar Grove, please Contact Us.


Cedar Grove would have been located within present day Luna County<2>.


The location of Cedar Grove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


A typical abbreviation for Cedar Grove: Cedar Grv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cedar Grove is 4,790 feet [1,460 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Cedar Grove is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Cedar Grove was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Cedar Grove and travel west, 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.

If Cedar Grove still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Cedar Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Cedar Grove: This one is located in Luna County and the other is located in Santa Fe County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 94 communities that are also named Cedar Grove - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (6), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (6), Louisiana (6), Maine (2), Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), New Jersey (5), North Carolina (4), Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (3), Tennessee (14), Texas (4), Virginia (7), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Grove.

Communities near Cedar Grove ...

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

  • Old Hachita ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hachita
    • Old Hachita is located in Grant County
  • Separ
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
    • Separ is located in Grant County
  • Sunshine ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunshine
    • Sunshine is located in Luna County
  • Windmill
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
    • Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
  • Deming
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cedar Grove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Grove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cedar Grove. 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 Cedar Grove.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cedar Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Luna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
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