Welcome to Emery Gap ...
So far, we found very little information about Emery Gap. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Emery Gap to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Emery Gap, please Contact Us.
Emery Gap would have been located within present day Union County<2>.
The location of Emery Gap has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Emery Gap, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Emery Gap is 6,340 feet [1,932 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Emery Gap is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Emery Gap was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Emery Gap, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).
If Emery Gap still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Emery Gap ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Emery Gap: This one is located in Union County and the other is located in Colfax County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Emery Gap.
Communities near Emery Gap ...
We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Emery Gap.
- Des Moines
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Des Moines have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Moines
- Des Moines is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 121 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Des Moines <5>
- Folsom
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Folsom have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
- Folsom is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 53 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
- Trinchera
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinchera
- Trinchera is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trinchera <5>
- Capulin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capulin
- Capulin is located in Union County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Capulin <5>
- Troy ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north) - Kiowa ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest) - Villegreen
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villegreen
- Villegreen is located in Las Animas County (CO)
- San Miguel ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for San Miguel have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Miguel
- San Miguel is located in Las Animas County (CO)
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 Emery Gap. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Emery Gap.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Emery Gap. 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 Emery Gap.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Emery Gap. See our Newspapers Page for Emery Gap.
Adding Emery Gap to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Emery Gap 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 Emery Gap was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Emery Gap post office opened in 1906.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Emery Gap.
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 Emery Gap, 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 Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Emery Gap - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |