Welcome to Truchas ...Truchas is located in north central New Mexico. Truchas is located in Rio Arriba County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Truchas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Truchas is 8,050 feet [2,454 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Truchas is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Truchas lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The ZIP code for Truchas: 87578<3> Communities near Truchas ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Truchas.
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 Truchas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Truchas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Truchas. 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 Truchas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Truchas. See our Newspapers Page for Truchas. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Truchas ...Looking for more information about Truchas? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Truchas, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Truchas. Adding Truchas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Truchas 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 Truchas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Truchas on a map titled Rand McNally Map of New Mexico (1925). For more details, see References and Mentions for Truchas. Footnotes ...
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