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Welcome to San Acacia ...

San Acacia is located in southwest New Mexico.

San Acacia is located in Socorro County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Acacia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

San Acacia is 4,670 feet [1,423 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of San Acacia is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for San Acacia: 575

The ZIP code for San Acacia: 87831<3>

Communities near San Acacia ...

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

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Acacia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around San Acacia.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for San Acacia ...

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

Adding San Acacia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of San Acacia 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 San Acacia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the San Acacia post office opened in 1881.

We also found San Acacia in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for San Acacia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Socorro, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Acacia - 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 San Acacia). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether San Acacia 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/