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 altitude 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).

The 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.

• Maljamar
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maljamar
  • Maljamar is located in Lea County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maljamar <4>
• Artesia
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Artesia
  • Artesia is located in Eddy County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,214 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Artesia <4>
• Lake Arthur
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Arthur
  • Lake Arthur is located in Chaves County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 422 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lake Arthur <4>
• Hagerman
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerman
  • Hagerman is located in Chaves County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerman <4>
• La Huerta
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Huerta
  • La Huerta is located in Eddy County
  • Former name for La Huerta:
  • Carlsbad North

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Loco Hills. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Eddy County: www.caverns.net/ecourt/

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/