San Miguel County Place Names
Notes
Names obtained from The Place Names of New Mexico by Robert Julyan. Churches in San Miguel county are located in the cities identified with underlined uppercase letters.
Name | Location |
Agua Zarca | 4 miles SW of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Águila | 2 miles SE of Chaperito (abandoned) |
Alamitos | NE part of the county (abandoned) |
Alta Vista | 3 miles W of Trujillo |
Apache Springs | 3 miles SE of Los Montoyas |
Aragón | 2 miles S of Villanueva |
Baughls Station | 1.25 miles NW of Pecos National Monument |
Bell Ranch | E part of the county (also called Campaña) |
Bernal | 17 miles SW of Las Vegas |
Beulah | 17 miles NW of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Buxton | SE part of the county, S of Variadero |
Cabra | 35 miles SE of Las Vegas (now a ranch HQ) |
Camp Luna | NW area of Las Vegas (former military site) |
Campaña | E part of the county (also called Bell Ranch) |
Casa Grande | E of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Cedar Hill | 2 miles NE of Tecolote |
Chapelle | 17 miles S of Las Vegas, 2 miles E of Bernal |
CHAPERITO | 25 miles SE of Las Vegas |
Chapman | S of Chaperito (also called Fort Hatch) |
Charco | SE part of the county (abandoned) |
Chaves | E part of the county (abandoned) |
Coca | NE part of the county (abandoned) |
Colonias (Upper/Lower) | Settlements E of Pecos, about 3 miles apart |
Concepción | 7 miles SE of Las Vegas |
Copper City | W part of the county (also called Hamilton) (abandoned) |
Corazón | 12 miles SE of Trujillo (now a ghost town) |
Cowles | End of NM-63 in the Sangre de Cristo mountains |
Decatur | W part of the county |
Dominguez | Near Tecolote |
Doretta | 18 miles SW of Las Vegas |
El Cerrito | 3 miles E of Villanueva |
El Cuervo | E part of the county (abandoned) |
El Llano | .5 miles SE of Montezuma |
El Porvenir | 17 miles NW of Las Vegas |
Estrada | 8 miles N of Variadero (abandoned) |
Ferndale | .5 miles N of Mineral Hill (abandoned) |
Fort Bascom | 12 miles N of Tucumcari (also called Johnson) |
Fort Hatch | S of Chaperito (also called Chapman) |
Fulton | NW of San Jose (abandoned) |
Gabaldón | SW of Romeroville at Ojitos Fríos |
Gallinas | 12 miles NW of Las Vegas |
Gallinas Spring | 7 miles S of Chaperito (abandoned) |
Gavaedon | Near Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Gerónimo | 9 miles W of Las Vegas (also called Mineral Hill) |
Gise | SE of Rowe (abandoned) |
Gonzales | 9 miles E of Trujillo (also called Maes) |
Gonzales Ranch | 6 miles SW of Villanueva |
Guillou | SE of Geronimo (abandoned) |
Gusano | SE of Rowe |
Hadley | NW part of county (abandoned) |
Hamilton | W part of the county (also called Copper City) |
Hilton Lodge | 2 miles W of Lower Rociada |
Hooverville | .5 miles NW of Conchas Lake State Park |
Hot Springs | 5 miles W of Las Vegas |
Ilfeld | SW of Las Vegas |
Irvins | 3 miles S of Terrero (abandoned) |
Jaramillo | Central part of the county |
Jardin | S of the Mora county line on upper Manuelitas Creek |
Johnson | 12 miles N of Tucumcari (also called Fort Bascom) |
La Cinta | SE part of the county (abandoned) |
La Concepción | 13 miles SE of Romeroville |
La Cuesta | 12 miles S of I-25 (also called Villanueva) |
La Fragua | SE of Pueblo, on E bank of the Pecos River |
La Garita | On the Conchas River (also called Variadero) |
La Liendre | SE of Las Vegas (also called Los Valles de San Antonio on 1850 census) |
La Manga | 6 miles SW of Las Vegas |
La Posada | 5 miles N of Pecos |
La Ventana | 31 miles E of Las Vegas (also called Trujillo) |
Lagunita | S of Las Vegas |
Las Dispensas | 12 miles NW of Las Vegas |
Las Tusas | 2 miles W of Sapello |
LAS VEGAS | Junction of I-25 and US-85 (county seat) |
Lesperance | 9 miles W of Las Vegas (also called Mineral Hill) |
Levy | E of the Santa Fe county line (also called Pecos) |
Lopez | 5 miles W of San Miguel |
Lopezville | SE part of the county |
Los Alamos | 13 miles NE of Las Vegas |
Los Diegos | 9 miles SW of San Miguel del Bado |
Los Fuertes | 9 miles SE of Romeroville (abandoned) |
Los Montoyas | 12 miles S of Las Vegas |
Los Torres | 19 miles SE of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Los Valles de San Agustin | 9 miles SE of Las Vegas (also called Lourdes) |
Los Valles de San Antonio | SE of Las Vegas (also called La Liendre) |
Los Vigiles | E of Montezuma |
Lourdes | 9 miles SE of Las Vegas (also called Los Valles de San Agustín) |
Maes | 9 miles E of Trujillo (also called Gonzales) |
Manuelitas | 15 miles N of Las Vegas |
McPherson | 1 mile W of San José (also called Sands) |
Mesa Rica | 5 miles S of Conchas Reservoir |
Mineral City | 25 miles W of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Mineral Hill | 9 miles W of Las Vegas (also called Gerónimo) |
Mishawaka | 18 miles SE of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Montezuma | 6 miles NW of Las Vegas |
Oakwood Springs | W part of county (abandoned) |
Ojitos Fríos | 12 miles SW of Las Vegas (also called Gabaldón) |
Olguín | S part of county |
Onava | 10 miles NE of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Pajarito | 3 miles SE of Rowe |
Park Springs | 30 miles SE of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
PECOS | E of the Santa Fe county line (also called Levy) |
Peñasco Blanco | 1 mile from Mora county line |
Pendaries | 10 miles NW of Sapello |
Pine | 28 miles SW of Las Vegas |
Red Mountain | 12.5 miles NW of Trementina (abandoned) |
Rencona | 13 miles S of Rowe |
RIBERA | NM-3 near San Miguel |
Rincón | 27 miles NW of Las Vegas (also called Rociada) |
Rociada | 27 miles NW of Las Vegas (also called Rincón) |
Romeroville | 5 miles S of Las Vegas |
Rowe | 6 miles S of Pecos |
Rudy Town | 30 miles NE of Pecos (also called Terrero) |
Sabinoso | 5 miles N of NM-419 |
San Antonio | 2 miles NW of Las Vegas |
SAN GER#211;NIMO | 9 miles W of Las Vegas |
San Hilario | Near Conchas Dam (abandoned) |
San Ignacio | 5 miles W of Sapello |
San José | S of I-40 on the W bank of the Pecos River |
San Juan | W of La Cabra Mesa |
San Lorenzo | E part of the county |
San Luis | SW of Loma Parda (abandoned) |
SAN MIGUEL DEL BADO | 3 miles S of I-25 on NM-3 |
San Pablo | 1.5 miles S of San Geronimo |
San Rafael | 3 miles NW of Trementina |
San Ramón | 5 miles N of Trementina |
San Ysidro | 23 miles SW of Las Vegas |
Sanchez | 3 miles SW of the Canadian River |
Sands | 1 miles W of San Jose (also called McPherson) |
Santillanes | 3 miles W of San Gerónimo |
SAPELLO | 13 miles N of Las Vegas |
Sena | 3 miles S of San Miguel |
Serafina | 17 miles SW of Las Vegas (also called Bernal) |
Sibley | 3 miles N of Las Vegas (abandoned) |
Soham | 1.5 miles NW of San José |
Tecolote | 10 miles SW of Las Vegas |
Tecolotito | 3 miles W of US-84 |
Terrero | 30 miles NE of Pecos (also called Rudy Town) |
Trementina | 15 miles E of Trujillo |
Trujillo | 31 miles E of Las Vegas (also called La Ventana) |
Variadero | On the Conchas River (also called La Garita) |
VILLANUEVA | 12 miles S of I-25 (also called La Cuesta) |
Willis | 15 miles N of Pecos |