Do you know of Datil ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Datil. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Datil.

Our sources for Datil (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Datil other than they indicate that Datil would be found somewhere in Socorro County, New Mexico.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Datil ...

We found one communities that share the name Datil.

There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Datil.

Beyond New Mexico.

• Communities Located In New Mexico ...
  • Catron County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Datil [Catron County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Datil ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Datil:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Datil - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Socorro County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Socorro County.