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Welcome to San Marcial ...

So far, we found very little information about San Marcial. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added San Marcial to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with San Marcial, please Contact Us.

San Marcial would have been located within present day Socorro County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of San Marcial, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

While the community is gone, the present day location for San Marcial is 4,480 feet [1,366 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of San Marcial is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where San Marcial was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where San Marcial was located: 575

Communities near San Marcial ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near San Marcial.

  • San Antonito
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Lava
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lava. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lava
    • Lava is located in Socorro County
  • San Antonio
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
    • San Antonio is located in Socorro County
  • Socorro
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Kelly ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Kelly. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
    • Kelly is located in Socorro County

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

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of San Marcial. 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 Marcial.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around San Marcial. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for San Marcial.

Adding San Marcial to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the San Marcial post office opened in 1869.

We also found San Marcial in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

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 San Marcial, 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 Socorro, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around San Marcial - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/