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Welcome to East Las Vegas ...

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

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

East Las Vegas would have been located within present day San Miguel County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Las Vegas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

A typical abbreviation for East Las Vegas: E. Las Vegas

While the community is gone, the present day location for East Las Vegas is 6,500 feet [1,981 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of East Las Vegas is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named East Las Vegas ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named East Las Vegas - it's located in Nevada.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for East Las Vegas.

Communities near East Las Vegas ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near East Las Vegas.

  • Romero
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Romero is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romero
  • Montezuma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Hot Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hot Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Springs
  • Los Alamos
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Los Alamos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Alamos
  • Trout Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Trout Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trout Springs
  • Tecolote
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Tecolote is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecolote
  • Sapello
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Kroenigs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Kroenigs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kroenigs
  • Apache Springs
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Apache Springs is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Springs
  • Chapelle
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Chapelle is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapelle

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around East Las Vegas. Our list includes 18 papers. See our Newspapers Page for East Las Vegas.

Adding East Las Vegas to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Las Vegas 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 (so far) for East Las Vegas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Las Vegas post office opened in 1885. The East Las Vegas post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Las Vegas.

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 East Las Vegas, 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 San Miguel, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Las Vegas - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/