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Welcome to Ranchvale ...

So far, we found very little information about Ranchvale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ranchvale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ranchvale, please Contact Us.


Ranchvale would have been located within present day Curry County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ranchvale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1916.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ranchvale is 4,480 feet [1,366 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Ranchvale is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Ranchvale was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Ranchvale (for example, toward Bovina (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The Area Code where Ranchvale was located: 575

Communities Also Named Ranchvale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ranchvale - it's located in Manitoba.

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

Communities near Ranchvale ...

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

  • Clovis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Farwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Farwell is located in Parmer County (TX)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farwell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,275 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farwell <4>
  • Texico
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Melrose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Saint Vrain
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Weber City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Weber City is located in Curry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weber City
  • Portales
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Grady
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
  • Broadview
    (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Floyd
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <4>

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

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

Adding Ranchvale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ranchvale post office opened in 1916. The Ranchvale post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ranchvale.

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 Ranchvale, 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 Curry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ranchvale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/