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Welcome to Fort Wingate ...

Fort Wingate is located in McKinley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fort Wingate, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Wingate: Ft. Wingate

Fort Wingate is 7,000 feet [2,134 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Fort Wingate is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Fort Wingate and travel west, 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 Wingate: 505

The ZIP code for Fort Wingate: 87316<3>

Communities Also Named Fort Wingate ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Fort Wingate: This one is located in McKinley County and the other is located in Bernalillo County.

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

Communities near Fort Wingate ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fort Wingate.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Wingate ...

Looking for more information about Fort Wingate? 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 Wingate, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Fort Wingate.

Adding Fort Wingate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fort Wingate 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 Wingate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fort Wingate post office opened in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fort Wingate.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including McKinley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Wingate - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Fort Wingate). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Fort Wingate or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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