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Welcome to Cedar Hill ...

Cedar Hill is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Cedar Hill is 5,860 feet [1,786 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Cedar Hill is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Cedar Hill: 505

Communities Also Named Cedar Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Cedar Hill: This one is located in San Juan County and the other is located in San Miguel County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 35 communities that are also named Cedar Hill - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia (3), Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi (3), Missouri, New York, North Carolina (5), Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (3) and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Cedar Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cedar Hill.

  • Bloomfield
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Aztec
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Aztec is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aztec
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aztec <3>
  • Ignacio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ignacio is located in La Plata County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ignacio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 963 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ignacio <3>
  • Bondad
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Bondad is located in La Plata County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bondad
  • Flora Vista
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Turley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Turley is located in San Juan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turley
  • Blanco
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • La Boca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • La Boca is located in La Plata County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Boca
  • La Plata
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Marvel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Hill ...

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

Adding Cedar Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Hill post office opened in 1892. The Cedar Hill post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cedar Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Hill - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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