El Rito, Cibola County, New Mexico

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El Rito, New Mexico
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Casa
Blanca
Coordinates: 34°59′57″N107°18′00″W / 34.99917°N 107.30000°W / 34.99917; -107.30000
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Cibola
Elevation
5,656 ft (1,724 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code 505
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. 1 2 "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.