Welcome to Hermosa ...So far, we found very little information about Hermosa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Hermosa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hermosa, please Contact Us. Hermosa would have been located within present day Sierra County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Hermosa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Hermosa is 6,100 feet [1,859 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Hermosa is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Hermosa was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Hermosa was located: 575 Communities Also Named Hermosa ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Hermosa - they are located in Colorado, Illinois, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hermosa. Communities near Hermosa ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hermosa.
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 Hermosa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hermosa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hermosa. 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 Hermosa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hermosa. See our Newspapers Page for Hermosa. Adding Hermosa to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hermosa 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 Hermosa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Hermosa. Footnotes ...
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