Welcome to Rio Colorado ...
So far, we found very little information about Rio Colorado. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Rio Colorado to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Rio Colorado - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Rio Colorado, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Rio Colorado , we believe that it would have been located within present day Taos County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Rio Colorado, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.
Time Zone: The area where Rio Colorado was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Rio Colorado once stood is in the (575) area code.
Adding Rio Colorado to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Rio Colorado 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 Rio Colorado was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Rio Colorado post office opened in 1871.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Rio Colorado.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 Rio Colorado, 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 Taos, 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/ |