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Welcome to Merrill Place ...

Merrill Place is located in McKinley County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Merrill Place: Merrill Pl. (or less commonly used: Merrill Plc.)

Merrill Place is 7,910 feet [2,411 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Merrill Place is 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Merrill Place 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.

Area Code for Merrill Place: 505

Communities near Merrill Place ...

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

  • Gallup
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • 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 <3>
  • Fort Wingate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Bread Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
    • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
  • Continental Divide
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Church Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Ramah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ramah have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ramah
    • Ramah is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ramah <3>
  • Navajo Wingate Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Navajo Wingate Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navajo Wingate Village
    • Navajo Wingate Village is located in McKinley County
  • Rehoboth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Thoreau
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Vanderwagen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merrill Place ...

Looking for more information about Merrill Place? 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 Merrill Place, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Merrill Place.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including McKinley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Merrill Place - 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>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.