Welcome to Chapelle ...

Chapelle is located in northeast New Mexico.

Chapelle is located in San Miguel County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chapelle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Chapelle is 6,100 feet [1,859 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Chapelle is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Chapelle: 505

Communities Also Named Chapelle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Chapelle - it's located in South Dakota.

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

Communities near Chapelle ...

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

• Las Vegas
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Vegas
  • Las Vegas is located in San Miguel County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Las Vegas <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Las Vegas
  • From Chapelle to Las Vegas
• Tecolote
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Tecolote. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tecolote
  • From Chapelle to Tecolote
• Apache Springs
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Apache Springs
  • From Chapelle to Apache Springs
• El Cerrito
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Cerrito
  • El Cerrito is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to El Cerrito
  • From Chapelle to El Cerrito
• Coruco
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coruco
  • Coruco is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Coruco
  • From Chapelle to Coruco
• Ribera
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ribera
  • Ribera is located in San Miguel County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ribera <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ribera
  • From Chapelle to Ribera
• El Ancon
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Ancon
  • El Ancon is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to El Ancon
  • From Chapelle to El Ancon
• San Miguel
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for San Miguel. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
  • San Miguel is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to San Miguel
  • From Chapelle to San Miguel
• Villanueva
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villanueva
  • Villanueva is located in San Miguel County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Villanueva <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Villanueva
  • From Chapelle to Villanueva
• Romero
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Romero. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
  • Romero is located in San Miguel County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Romero
  • From Chapelle to Romero

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chapelle ...

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

Adding Chapelle to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chapelle 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 Chapelle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Chapelle post office opened in 1895.

We also found Chapelle on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1951).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chapelle.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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