Welcome to Ranger Lake ...
So far, we found very little information about Ranger Lake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Ranger Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Ranger Lake - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Ranger Lake, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Ranger Lake , 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 Ranger Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.
A typical abbreviation for Ranger Lake: Ranger Lk.
Time Zone: The area where Ranger Lake was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Ranger Lake still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Ranger Lake ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ranger Lake - it's located in Ontario.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ranger Lake.
Adding Ranger Lake to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Ranger Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Ranger Lake post office opened in 1908.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Ranger Lake.
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 Ranger Lake, 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/ |