Welcome to Hachita ...

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

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

Hachita was located in southwest New Mexico.

Hachita would have been located within present day Grant County<2>.

The location of Hachita has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hachita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hachita is 4,520 feet [1,378 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Hachita is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Hachita, 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.

The location where Hachita once stood is in the (575) area code.

Communities near Hachita ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Hachita.

Old Hachita ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Hachita
- Old Hachita is located in Grant County
Windmill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windmill
- Windmill is located in Hidalgo County
Separ
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Separ
- Separ is located in Grant County
Animas
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Animas
- Animas is located in Hidalgo County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Animas <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Hachita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hachita.

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

Adding Hachita to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hachita post office opened in 1882.

We also found Hachita in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hachita.

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 Hachita, 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 Grant, 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 Hachita - 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>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/