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Welcome to Los Luceros ...

Los Luceros is located in Rio Arriba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Los Luceros, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

Los Luceros is 5,700 feet [1,737 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Los Luceros is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Los Luceros ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Los Luceros.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Los Luceros ...

Looking for more information about Los Luceros? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Los Luceros, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Los Luceros.

Adding Los Luceros to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Los Luceros 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 Los Luceros was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Los Luceros post office opened in 1855.

We also found Los Luceros in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Los Luceros.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Rio Arriba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Los Luceros - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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