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Welcome to Pinehaven ...

Pinehaven is located in McKinley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinehaven, you might consider that their post office opened in 1939.

Pinehaven is 7,300 feet [2,225 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Pinehaven is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Pinehaven 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 Pinehaven: 505

Communities Also Named Pinehaven ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Pinehaven - they are located in Mississippi and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Pinehaven ...

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

  • Gallup
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Gallup is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,253 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallup <3>
  • Bread Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Bread Springs is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bread Springs
  • Vanderwagen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Rock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Red Rock is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Rock
  • Fort Wingate
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rehoboth
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Church Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Navajo Wingate Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Defiance
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Defiance is located in McKinley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Defiance
  • Ramah
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinehaven ...

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

Adding Pinehaven to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pinehaven 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 (so far) for Pinehaven was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pinehaven post office opened in 1939. The Pinehaven post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinehaven.

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 Pinehaven - 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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