Welcome to Dorsey ...
So far, we found very little information about Dorsey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dorsey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Dorsey - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Dorsey, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Dorsey , we believe that it would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dorsey, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
Time Zone: The area where Dorsey was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Dorsey would have been located in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Dorsey ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Dorsey - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dorsey.
Adding Dorsey to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dorsey in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Dorsey was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dorsey.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Dorsey, 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 Colfax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |