Welcome to Pinos Wells ...
So far, we found very little information about Pinos Wells. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pinos Wells to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Pinos Wells - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pinos Wells, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Pinos Wells , we believe that it would have been located within present day Torrance County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinos Wells, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.
A typical abbreviation for Pinos Wells: Pinos Wls.
Time Zone: The area where Pinos Wells was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Pinos Wells once stood is in the (505) area code.
Communities Also Named Pinos Wells ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Pinos Wells: This one is located in Torrance County and the other is located in Valencia County.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pinos Wells.
Adding Pinos Wells to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pinos Wells in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pinos Wells was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Pinos Wells post office opened in 1884.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinos Wells.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Torrance County: www.torrancecountynm.org/
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 Pinos Wells, 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 Torrance, 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/ |