Welcome to La Puente ...
So far, we found very little information about La Puente. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added La Puente to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with La Puente, please Contact Us.
La Puente would have been located within present day Rio Arriba County<2>.
The location of La Puente 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 Puente, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.
While the community is gone, the present day location for La Puente is 7,260 feet [2,213 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of La Puente is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where La Puente was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named La Puente ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named La Puente - it's located in California.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Puente.
Communities near La Puente ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Puente.
- Chama
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chama
- Chama is located in Rio Arriba County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 976 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chama <5>
- Brazos
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brazos
- Brazos is located in Rio Arriba County
- Cebolla
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebolla
- Cebolla is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cebolla <5>
- Canjilon
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canjilon
- Canjilon is located in Rio Arriba County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Canjilon <5>
- Lobato ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lobato
- Lobato is located in Rio Arriba County
- Monero
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monero
- Monero is located in Rio Arriba County
- Cumbres
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumbres
- Cumbres is located in Conejos County (CO)
- Lumberton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
- Lumberton is located in Rio Arriba County
- Chromo
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chromo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chromo
- Chromo is located in Archuleta County (CO)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chromo <5>
- Osier
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osier
- Osier is located in Conejos County (CO)
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 Puente. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Puente.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Puente. 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 Puente.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Puente. See our Newspapers Page for La Puente.
Adding La Puente to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of La Puente 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 for La Puente was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the La Puente post office opened in 1920.
For more details, see References and Mentions for La Puente.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/
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 La Puente, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Rio Arriba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Puente - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |