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Welcome to Loma Parda ...

So far, we found very little information about Loma Parda. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Loma Parda to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Loma Parda, please Contact Us.

Loma Parda would have been located within present day Mora County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Loma Parda, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Loma Parda is 6,590 feet [2,009 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Loma Parda is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Loma Parda was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Loma Parda ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Loma Parda.

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 Loma Parda. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Loma Parda.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Loma Parda. 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 Loma Parda.

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

Adding Loma Parda to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Loma Parda post office opened in 1872. The Loma Parda post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Loma Parda.

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 Loma Parda, 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 Mora, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Loma Parda - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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