Miami, New Mexico

Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States

36°21′00″N 104°47′35″W / 36.35000°N 104.79306°W / 36.35000; -104.79306CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCounty ColfaxElevation

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6,195 ft (1,888 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP code

87729^[2]

Area code575GNIS feature ID891928^[1]

Miami is an unincorporated community in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.

Miami lies on State Road 21 and is between Springer and Sunny Side. The community includes approximately six homes and eight ranches.

Miami is about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of the Philmont Scout Ranch base camp, but is only about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Rayado campsite.

Miami was named by its founders after Miami, Ohio and was originally called Miami 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

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miami, New Mexico
^ "Miami ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ Farmers Development Company (1907) Miami Ranch: Where is it? What is it? McGee Bros. (printers), Piqua, Ohio, OCLC 138725492
^ Price, Charles Ryan and Power, J. Clyde (1909) Irrigated Lands of United States, Canada and Mexico Pan-Pacific Press, Los Angeles, California, p. 124, OCLC 9175326
^ State Engineer Office (1914) First Biennial Report of the State Engineer of New Mexico Santa Fe, NM, p. 60
^ Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (1911) "Chapter II: Colfax County" The Leading Facts of New Mexican History Volume III Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, p. 90-91, OCLC 3828708