Welcome to Lon ...

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

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

Lon would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.

The location of Lon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1934.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lon is 5,410 feet [1,649 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Lon is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

If Lon still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Lon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lon - it's located in Missouri.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lon.

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

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

Adding Lon to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lon post office opened in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lon.

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 Lon, 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 Lincoln, 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 Lon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/