Rainsville, New Mexico

Rainsville, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Rainsville is located in New Mexico
Rainsville
Rainsville
Rainsville is located in the United States
Rainsville
Rainsville
Coordinates: 35°58′43″N 105°12′33″W / 35.97861°N 105.20917°W / 35.97861; -105.20917
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyMora
Elevation
7,044 ft (2,147 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
87736[1]
Area code575
GNIS feature ID899863[2]

Rainsville is an unincorporated community located in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. The community is 6.7 miles (10.8 km) east of Mora. Rainsville has a post office with ZIP code 87736, which opened on July 8, 1920.[1][3] Formerly known as Llano del Coyote, Rainsville took the name of its first postmaster, a Mr. Rains.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "Rainsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 284. ISBN 0826316891.


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