Welcome to Dusty ...

Dusty is located in Socorro County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dusty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1927.

Dusty is 6,430 feet [1,960 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Dusty is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Dusty: 575

Communities Also Named Dusty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dusty - it's located in Washington.

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

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

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

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

Adding Dusty to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Dusty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

X2X - From that list, the Dusty post office opened in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dusty.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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