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Welcome to Page ...

Page is located in McKinley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Page, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1912.

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

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

Note: If you leave Page 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 Page: 505

Communities Also Named Page ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Page - they are located in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia (2), Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Page ...

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

  • Continental Divide
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Wingate
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bread Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
    • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
  • Ramah
    (13 miles [20.9 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>
  • Thoreau
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Church Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Vanderwagen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Navajo Wingate Village
    (18 miles [29 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
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Rock
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
    • Red Rock 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 Page. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Page.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Page ...

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

Adding Page to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Page post office opened in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Page.

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 Page - 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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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