Welcome to Cooney ...

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

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

Cooney would have been located within present day Catron County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooney, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cooney is 5,770 feet [1,759 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cooney is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Cooney and travel west, you will soon 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.

The Area Code where Cooney was located: 575

Communities Also Named Cooney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Cooney: This one is located in Catron County and the other is located in Socorro County.

Beyond New Mexico, there are 4 communities that are also named Cooney - they are located in Arkansas and Ohio (2).

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

Communities near Cooney ...

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

• Reserve
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Reserve is located in Catron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reserve <4>
• Alma
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
  • Alma is located in Catron County
• Glenwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
  • Glenwood is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenwood <4>
• Pleasanton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasanton
  • Pleasanton is located in Catron County
• Blue
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
  • Blue is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue <4>
• Mule Creek
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mule Creek
  • Mule Creek is located in Grant County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mule Creek <4>
• Buckhorn
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckhorn
  • Buckhorn is located in Grant County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckhorn <4>
• Cruzville
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
  • Cruzville is located in Catron County
• Luna
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Luna is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luna <4>
• Apache Creek
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
  • Apache Creek is located in Catron County

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

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

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

Adding Cooney to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Cooney post office opened in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooney.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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