Do you know of Las Colonias ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Las Colonias. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Las Colonias.<1>

Our sources for Las Colonias (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Las Colonias other than they indicate that Las Colonias would be found somewhere in Guadalupe County, New Mexico.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1899.

Communities Also Named Las Colonias ...

We found two communities that share the name Las Colonias.

There is one other community in New Mexico which is also named Las Colonias.

Beyond New Mexico, there is another community also named Las Colonias in the United States.

• Communities Located In New Mexico ...
  • Sandoval County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Las Colonias [Sandoval County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Texas
    • Zavala County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Las Colonias [Zavala County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Las Colonias ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Las Colonias:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Las Colonias - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Guadalupe County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Guadalupe County.