Welcome to Santa Rita ...
So far, we found very little information about Santa Rita. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Santa Rita to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Santa Rita, please Contact Us.
Santa Rita would have been located within present day Grant County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Santa Rita, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Santa Rita, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Santa Rita is 6,550 feet [1,996 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Santa Rita is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Santa Rita was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Santa Rita and travel west, 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.
Santa Rita would have been located in the (575) area code.
Communities Also Named Santa Rita ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Santa Rita: This one is located in Grant County and the other is located in San Juan County.
Beyond New Mexico, there are 8 communities that are also named Santa Rita - they are located in Arizona, California (3), Montana and Texas (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Santa Rita.
Communities near Santa Rita ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Santa Rita.
- Silver City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Silver City is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,390 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver City <5>
- Bayard
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayard have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,117 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bayard <5>
- Central
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Santa Clara
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Clara have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santa Clara
- Santa Clara is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,761 people
- Hurley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurley
- Hurley is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,175 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurley <5>
- Fort Bayard
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Bayard
- Fort Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Bayard <5>
- Arenas Valley
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
- Arenas Valley is located in Grant County
- Mimbres
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mimbres
- Mimbres is located in Grant County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mimbres <5>
- Pinos Altos ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
- Pinos Altos is located in Grant County
- Pinos Altos
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinos Altos
- Pinos Altos is located in San Miguel County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pinos Altos <5>
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 Santa Rita. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Santa Rita.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Santa Rita. 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 Santa Rita.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Santa Rita. See our Newspapers Page for Santa Rita.
Adding Santa Rita to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Santa Rita 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 Santa Rita was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Santa Rita post office opened in 1881.
We also found Santa Rita in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Santa Rita.
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 Santa Rita, 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 Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santa Rita - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |