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Welcome to Woods Place ...

Woods Place is located in Quay County<1>.



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The location of Woods Place has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>


A typical abbreviation for Woods Place: Woods Pl. (or less commonly used: Woods Plc.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Woods Place for more information about variations on the name of Woods Place.

Woods Place is 3,920 feet [1,195 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Woods Place is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you travel east from Woods Place (for example, toward Adrian (TX)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Woods Place: 575

Communities Also Named Woods Place ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Woods Place.

Communities near Woods Place ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Woods Place.

  • Logan
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • San Jon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cummings Place
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings Place
    • Cummings Place is located in Quay County
  • Lesbia ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lesbia. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lesbia
    • Lesbia is located in Quay County
  • Glenrio ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
    • Glenrio is located in Quay County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glenrio <4>
  • Nara Visa
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Glenrio ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glenrio. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenrio
    • Glenrio is located in Deaf Smith County (TX)
  • Tucumcari
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Boise ‑ Historic
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boise
    • Boise is located in Oldham County (TX)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Woods Place ...

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Woods Place. 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 Quay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Woods Place - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.









 

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