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Welcome to White Signal ...

White Signal is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of White Signal, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

White Signal is 5,970 feet [1,820 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of White Signal is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave White Signal 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.

Area Code for White Signal: 575

Communities near White Signal ...

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

  • Silver City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Bayard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayard have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
  • Central
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
    • Central is located in Grant County
  • Santa Clara
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santa Clara have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hurley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> 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 <3>
  • Whitewater
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Whitewater. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitewater
    • Whitewater is located in Grant County
  • Arenas Valley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arenas Valley
    • Arenas Valley is located in Grant County
  • Fort Bayard
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Little Walnut Village
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Walnut Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Walnut Village
    • Little Walnut Village is located in Grant County
  • Cobre
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobre
    • Cobre is located in Grant County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for White Signal ...

Looking for more information about White Signal? 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 White Signal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for White Signal.

Adding White Signal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of White Signal 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 White Signal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the White Signal post office opened in 1909.

We also found White Signal mentioned on a train schedule titled Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945).

For more details, see References and Mentions for White Signal.

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

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 Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around White Signal - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>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.
<6>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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