Welcome to North Des Moines ...

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

We've added North Des Moines to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of North Des Moines - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with North Des Moines, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of North Des Moines , we believe that it would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Des Moines, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

A typical abbreviation for North Des Moines: N. Des Moines

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

The location where North Des Moines once stood is in the (575) area code.

Adding North Des Moines to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Des Moines in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for North Des Moines was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the North Des Moines post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Des Moines.

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 North Des Moines, 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 Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/