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Welcome to Hyer ...

Hyer is located in Santa Fe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hyer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Hyer is 6,650 feet [2,027 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Hyer is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Hyer: 505

Communities near Hyer ...

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

  • Edgewood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Moriarty
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Tijeras
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • San Pedro
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Cedar Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • Stanley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sandia Knolls
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Sandia Knolls is located in Bernalillo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandia Knolls
  • Madrid
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sandia Park
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hyer ...

Looking for more information about Hyer? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Hyer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hyer.

Adding Hyer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hyer 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 Hyer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hyer post office opened in 1908. The Hyer post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hyer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Santa Fe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hyer - 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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