Mesilla Park, New Mexico

Mesilla Park is a neighborhood located on the south side of Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Residents of Mesilla founded the community through a land company in 1887, shortly after Las Cruces became the county seat of Doña Ana County. At the time, it was an independent settlement, though it was eventually annexed by Las Cruces. The neighborhood adjoins University Park, the site of New Mexico State University, and it grew after the university was founded in 1889. Mesilla Park still has its own post office with ZIP code 88047, which opened in 1892.[1][3][4]

Mesilla Park
Neighborhood
Mesilla Park
Location within the state of New Mexico
Mesilla Park
Mesilla Park (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°16′33″N 106°46′00″W
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyDoña Ana
Elevation
3,878 ft (1,182 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
88047[1]
Area code(s)575
GNIS feature ID899786[2]

References

  1. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  2. "Mesilla Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
  4. Julyan, Robert (August 26, 1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 227. ISBN 9780826351142.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.