Miami, New Mexico
Miami, New Mexico | |
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  Miami Location within the state of New Mexico  Miami Miami (the United States) | |
| Coordinates:36°21′00″N104°47′35″W/ 36.35000°N 104.79306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Colfax |
| Elevation | 6,195 ft (1,888 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7(Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6(MDT) |
| ZIP code | 87729[2] |
| Area code | 575 |
| GNISfeature ID | 891928[1] |
Miamiis anunincorporated communityinColfax County,New Mexico,United States.
Miami lies onState Road 21and is betweenSpringerandSunny Side.The community includes approximately six homes and eight ranches.
Miami is about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of thePhilmont Scout Ranchbase camp, but is only about 4 miles (6.4 km) from theRayado campsite.
Miami was named by its founders afterMiami, Ohioand was originally calledMiami Ranch.[3]Miami Lake, a private man-made reservoir,[4]located just off State Road 21, six miles (10 km) due west of the community, was part of the Miami Project of the Farmers Development Company which purchased 20,000 acres (81 km2) in the area in 1906.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami, New Mexico
- ^"Miami ZIP Code".zipdatamaps.com. 2022.RetrievedNovember 11,2022.
- ^Farmers Development Company (1907)Miami Ranch: Where is it? What is it?McGee Bros. (printers), Piqua, Ohio,OCLC138725492
- ^Price, Charles Ryan and Power, J. Clyde (1909)Irrigated Lands of United States, Canada and MexicoPan-Pacific Press, Los Angeles, California,p. 124,OCLC9175326
- ^State Engineer Office (1914)First Biennial Report of the State Engineer of New MexicoSanta Fe, NM, p. 60
- ^Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (1911) "Chapter II: Colfax County"The Leading Facts of New Mexican History Volume IIITorch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,p. 90-91,OCLC 3828708
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