Welcome to Fort Selden ...So far, we found very little information about Fort Selden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fort Selden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fort Selden, please Contact Us. Fort Selden would have been located within present day Dona Ana County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Selden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. A typical abbreviation for Fort Selden: Ft. Selden While the community is gone, the present day location for Fort Selden is 3,990 feet [1,216 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Fort Selden is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Fort Selden was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Fort Selden was located: 575 Communities near Fort Selden ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Selden.
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 Selden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fort Selden. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fort Selden. 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 Selden. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fort Selden. See our Newspapers Page for Fort Selden. Adding Fort Selden to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fort Selden 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 (so far) for Fort Selden was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Selden. Footnotes ...
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