Welcome to Spur Lake ...

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

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

Spur Lake would have been located within present day Catron County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spur Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

A typical abbreviation for Spur Lake: Spur Lk.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spur Lake is 7,680 feet [2,341 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Spur Lake is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel west from Spur Lake, 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.

The Area Code where Spur Lake was located: 575

Communities near Spur Lake ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spur Lake.

• Luna
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luna
  • Luna is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Luna <4>
• Cruzville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cruzville
  • Cruzville is located in Catron County
• Alpine
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Alpine is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alpine <4>
• Apache Creek
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apache Creek
  • Apache Creek is located in Catron County
• Nutrioso
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutrioso
  • Nutrioso is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nutrioso <4>
• Aragon
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aragon
  • Aragon is located in Catron County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aragon <4>
• Reserve
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reserve
  • Reserve is located in Catron County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reserve <4>
• Eagar
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagar
  • Eagar is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,956 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagar <4>
• Springerville
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springerville
  • Springerville is located in Apache County (AZ)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springerville <4>
• Blue
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue
  • Blue is located in Greenlee County (AZ)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blue <4>

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

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

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

Adding Spur Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Spur Lake post office opened in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spur Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/