Welcome to La Plata ...La Plata is located in northwest New Mexico. La Plata is located in San Juan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of La Plata, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. La Plata is 5,780 feet [1,762 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of La Plata is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: La Plata lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from La Plata, 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. Area Code for La Plata: 505 The ZIP code for La Plata: 87418<3> Communities Also Named La Plata ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named La Plata - they are located in Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Texas (2) and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Plata. Communities near La Plata ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Plata.
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 Plata. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Plata. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Plata. 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 Plata. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Plata. See our Newspapers Page for La Plata. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Plata ...Looking for more information about La Plata? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for La Plata, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for La Plata. Adding La Plata to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Plata 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 La Plata was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for La Plata. Footnotes ...
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