Welcome to Puerto De Luna ...

Puerto De Luna is located in northeast New Mexico.

Puerto De Luna is located in Guadalupe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Puerto De Luna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1873.

Puerto De Luna is 4,490 feet [1,369 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Puerto De Luna is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Puerto De Luna: 575

Communities near Puerto De Luna ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Puerto De Luna.

• Santa Rosa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Rosa
  • Santa Rosa is located in Guadalupe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,625 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santa Rosa <3>
• Cuervo
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuervo
  • Cuervo is located in Guadalupe County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cuervo <3>
• Pastura
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastura
  • Pastura is located in Guadalupe County
• Lake Sumner
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lake Sumner have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sumner
  • Lake Sumner is located in DeBaca County
• Colonias
  (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonias
  • Colonias is located in Guadalupe County
• Newkirk
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newkirk
  • Newkirk is located in Guadalupe County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newkirk <3>
• Yeso
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yeso
  • Yeso is located in DeBaca County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yeso <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Puerto De Luna ...

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

Adding Puerto De Luna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Puerto De Luna post office opened in 1873.

We also found Puerto De Luna in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Puerto De Luna.