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Toadlena is located

Toadlena is located in San Juan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Toadlena, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1917.

Toadlena is 6,760 feet [2,060 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Toadlena is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Toadlena and travel west, you will soon 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.

Area Code for Toadlena: 505

Communities near Toadlena ...

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Toadlena ...

Looking for more information about Toadlena? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Toadlena, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Toadlena.

Adding Toadlena to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Toadlena post office opened in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Toadlena.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Toadlena. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for San Juan County: www.co.san-juan.nm.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including San Juan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Toadlena - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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