RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New Mexico >> Curry County >> Saint VrainIndex...

Welcome to Saint Vrain ...

Saint Vrain is located in southeast New Mexico.

Saint Vrain is located in Curry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Vrain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Vrain: St. Vrain

Saint Vrain is 4,390 feet [1,338 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Saint Vrain is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Saint Vrain lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Saint Vrain: 575

The ZIP code for Saint Vrain: 88133<3>

Communities near Saint Vrain ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Vrain ...

Looking for more information about Saint Vrain? 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 Saint Vrain, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Vrain.

Adding Saint Vrain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Saint Vrain post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Vrain.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saint Vrain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Saint Vrain). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Saint Vrain or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/