Welcome to Placitas ...Placitas is located in Sandoval County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Placitas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. Placitas is 5,950 feet [1,814 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Placitas is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Placitas lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Placitas: 505 The ZIP code for Placitas: 87043<3> Communities Also Named Placitas ...While we believe that this Placitas is located in Sandoval County, we know of another 3 New Mexico communities named Placitas. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dona Ana, Rio Arriba and Sierra County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Placitas. Communities near Placitas ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Placitas.
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 Placitas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Placitas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Placitas. 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 Placitas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Placitas. See our Newspapers Page for Placitas. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Placitas ...Looking for more information about Placitas? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Placitas, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Placitas. Adding Placitas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Placitas 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 Placitas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Placitas. Footnotes ...
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