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Welcome to Loco Hills ...

Loco Hills is located in southeast New Mexico.

Loco Hills is located in Eddy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loco Hills, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1941.

Loco Hills is 3,650 feet [1,113 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Loco Hills is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Loco Hills lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Loco Hills and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Loco Hills: 575

The ZIP code for Loco Hills: 88255<3>

Communities near Loco Hills ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Loco Hills.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Loco Hills. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Loco Hills.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Loco Hills. See our Newspapers Page for Loco Hills.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Loco Hills ...

Looking for more information about Loco Hills? 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 Loco Hills, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Loco Hills.

Adding Loco Hills to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Loco Hills 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 Loco Hills was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Loco Hills post office opened in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loco Hills.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Eddy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loco Hills - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Loco Hills). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Loco Hills or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/