Welcome to Pioneer ...
So far, we found very little information about Pioneer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Pioneer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Pioneer - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pioneer, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Pioneer , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lea County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pioneer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.
Time Zone: The area where Pioneer was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Pioneer once stood is in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Pioneer ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Pioneer: This one is located in Lea County and the other is located in Chaves County.
Beyond New Mexico, there are 35 communities that are also named Pioneer - they are located in Alabama, Arizona (3), California (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (4), Nevada, New York, Ohio (2), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pioneer.
Adding Pioneer to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pioneer 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 Pioneer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Pioneer post office opened in 1910.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pioneer.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Lea County: www.leacounty.net/
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 Pioneer, 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 Lea, 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/ |