Road Forks, New Mexico

Road Forks, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Looking south from Interstate 10
Looking south from Interstate 10
Road Forks is located in New Mexico
Road Forks
Road Forks
Road Forks is located in the United States
Road Forks
Road Forks
Coordinates: 32°14′23″N 108°57′10″W / 32.23972°N 108.95278°W / 32.23972; -108.95278
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyHidalgo
Elevation
[1]
4,193 ft (1,278 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
88045
Area code575
GNIS feature ID893996

Road Forks is an unincorporated community in western Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, in the southwestern corner of the state.[1] It is 6.2 miles (10 km) east of the Arizona border, due east of Stern's Mountain, and at the junction of Interstate 10 and NM Route 80. It is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of the city of Lordsburg and 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Steins. Road Forks had a post office from shortly after its founding in 1925 until 1955, when postal services were transferred to Lordsburg.[2]

History

Road Forks was founded in 1925 by Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Porter, who gave it its name.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Road Forks, New Mexico(dead link)
  2. ^ a b Julyan, Robert (1998) "Road Forks" The Place Names of New Mexico (revised edition) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 300, ISBN 0-8263-1689-1


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