El Rito, Cibola County, New Mexico

El Rito, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Casa Blanca is located in New Mexico
Casa Blanca
Casa
Blanca
Coordinates: 34°59′57″N 107°18′00″W / 34.99917°N 107.30000°W / 34.99917; -107.30000
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyCibola
Elevation
5,656 ft (1,724 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code505
GNIS feature ID898769[1]

El Rito is an unincorporated community in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States.[1] El Rito is located approximately two miles southeast of Mesita on the Laguna Reservation. It is located on the north bank of the Rio San Jose and was named after the creek.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "El Rito, Cibola County, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 120. ISBN 0826316891.


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