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Welcome to Chloride ...

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

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


Chloride would have been located within present day Sierra County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Chloride, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Chloride, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Chloride is 6,180 feet [1,884 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Chloride is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

The location where Chloride once stood is in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Chloride ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Chloride - they are located in Arizona, Missouri and Nevada (2).

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

Communities near Chloride ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Chloride.

  • Cuchillo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuchillo
    • Cuchillo is located in Sierra County
  • Williamsburg
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsburg
    • Williamsburg is located in Sierra County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsburg <6>
  • Elephant Butte
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elephant Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elephant Butte
    • Elephant Butte is located in Sierra County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,320 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elephant Butte <6>
  • Rock Canyon
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Canyon
    • Rock Canyon is located in Sierra County
  • Truth or Consequences
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsboro
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
  • Las Palomas
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Las Palomas
    • Las Palomas is located in Sierra County

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

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

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

Adding Chloride to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chloride 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 Chloride was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Chloride post office opened in 1881.

We also found Chloride in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chloride.

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 Chloride, 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 Sierra, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chloride - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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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