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Nearby Communities in the 1890s


We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.

If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>

While we didn't find Kennedy in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Kennedy. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Kennedy listed first.

  • Lamy
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Cerrillos
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Los Cerrillos is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Los Cerrillos
    • Los Cerrillos has also been known as:
    • Cerrillos
  • Waldo ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Waldo is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
  • Ortiz ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Ortiz is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ortiz
  • Golden ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Golden is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
  • San Pedro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • San Pedro is located in Santa Fe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Pedro
  • Glorieta
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Rowe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Santa Fe
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Pecos
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Pecos is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pecos
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,313 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pecos <2>
  • Sands
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
    • Sands is located in San Miguel County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands

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 Kennedy, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
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