Welcome to Fort Bayard ...
Fort Bayard is located in southwest New Mexico.
Fort Bayard is located in Grant County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Bayard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.
A typical abbreviation for Fort Bayard: Ft. Bayard
Fort Bayard is 6,110 feet [1,862 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fort Bayard is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Fort Bayard lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel west from Fort Bayard (for example, toward Duncan (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.
Area Code for Fort Bayard: 575
Communities near Fort Bayard ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Bayard.
- Silver City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hurley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Hurley is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <3>
- Santa Rita ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Rita have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rita
- Santa Rita is located in Grant County
- Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pinos Altos
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Little Walnut Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Walnut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
- Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
- Mimbres
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitewater
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Old Town
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Town
- Old Town is located in Luna County
- Gila
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
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 Fort Bayard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Bayard.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Bayard. 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 Fort Bayard.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Bayard. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Bayard.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Bayard ...
Looking for more information about Fort Bayard? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Fort Bayard, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Bayard.
Adding Fort Bayard to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fort Bayard in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fort Bayard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Fort Bayard post office opened in 1867.
We also found Fort Bayard in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Bayard.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Bayard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |