Welcome to Mentmore ...

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

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

Mentmore was located in northwest New Mexico.

Mentmore would have been located within present day McKinley County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mentmore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1916.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mentmore is 6,420 feet [1,957 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Mentmore is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Mentmore and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not.

If Mentmore still existed, it would have been in the (505) area code.

Communities Also Named Mentmore ...

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

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

Communities near Mentmore ...

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

• Gallup
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
  • Gallup is located in McKinley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,253 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallup <5>
• Red Rock
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Red Rock is located in McKinley County
• Rock Springs
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Springs
  • Rock Springs is located in McKinley County
• Yah-ta-hey
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yah-ta-hey have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yah-ta-hey
  • Yah-ta-hey is located in McKinley County
• Rehoboth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth
  • Rehoboth is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rehoboth <5>
• Bread Springs
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
  • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
• Church Rock
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Rock
  • Church Rock is located in McKinley County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Rock <5>
• Hunters Point
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters Point
  • Hunters Point is located in Apache County (AZ)
• Navajo Wingate Village
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo Wingate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Wingate Village
  • Navajo Wingate Village is located in McKinley County
• Tse Bonito
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tse Bonito have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tse Bonito
  • Tse Bonito is located in McKinley County

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

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

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

Adding Mentmore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mentmore 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 Mentmore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mentmore post office opened in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mentmore.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for McKinley County: www.co.mckinley.nm.us/

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