Welcome to Salt Lake ...Salt Lake is located in Catron County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Salt Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. When the people of Salt Lake refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Salt Laker<2> A typical abbreviation for Salt Lake: Salt Lk. Salt Lake is 6,230 feet [1,899 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Salt Lake is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Salt Lake lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Salt Lake (for example, toward Saint Johns (AZ)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST). In addition, you will be moving from an area that observes daylight saving time to one that does not. Communities Also Named Salt Lake ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Salt Lake: This one is located in Catron County and the other is located in Roosevelt County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Salt Lake. Communities near Salt Lake ...We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Salt Lake.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Salt Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Salt Lake. We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Salt Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Salt Lake. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Salt Lake ...Looking for more information about Salt Lake? 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 Salt Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Salt Lake. Adding Salt Lake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Salt Lake. Footnotes ...
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