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Welcome to La Tuna ...La Tuna is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). La Tuna is located in El Paso County<1>. The location of La Tuna has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of La Tuna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1932. La Tuna is 3,880 feet [1,183 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of La Tuna is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: La Tuna lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from La Tuna (for example, toward Sunland Park (NM)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). The area code for La Tuna: (915) Communities near La Tuna ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Tuna.
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 La Tuna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Tuna. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Tuna. 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 La Tuna. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Tuna. See our Newspapers Page for La Tuna. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Tuna ...Looking for more information about La Tuna? 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 La Tuna, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for La Tuna. Adding La Tuna to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of La Tuna 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 La Tuna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found La Tuna mentioned on a train schedule titled Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945). For more details, see References and Mentions for La Tuna. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for La Tuna. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for El Paso County: www.epcounty.com/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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