Welcome to Tafoya ...So far, we found very little information about Tafoya. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Tafoya to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tafoya, please Contact Us. Tafoya would have been located within present day Colfax County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Tafoya, you might consider that their post office opened in 1936. While the community is gone, the present day location for Tafoya is 6,300 feet [1,920 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Tafoya is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Tafoya was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Tafoya (for example, toward Texline (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Tafoya was located: 575 Communities Also Named Tafoya ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Tafoya: This one is located in Colfax County and the other is located in Valencia County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tafoya. Communities near Tafoya ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Tafoya.
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 Tafoya. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tafoya. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tafoya. 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 Tafoya. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tafoya. See our Newspapers Page for Tafoya. Adding Tafoya to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tafoya in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tafoya was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Tafoya. Footnotes ...
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