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Welcome to La Joyita ...So far, we found very little information about La Joyita. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added La Joyita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Joyita, please Contact Us. La Joyita would have been located within present day Socorro County<2>. The location of La Joyita has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of La Joyita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1868. While the community is gone, the present day location for La Joyita is 4,660 feet [1,420 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of La Joyita is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where La Joyita was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time La Joyita would have been located in the (575) area code. Communities near La Joyita ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Joyita.
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 La Joyita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Joyita. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Joyita. 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 La Joyita. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Joyita. See our Newspapers Page for La Joyita. Adding La Joyita to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Joyita in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for La Joyita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found La Joyita in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for La Joyita. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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