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Alto, NM 88312
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Sierra Vista, NM 88312

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The 88312 ZIP Code is centered1 in Lincoln County at latitude 33.394 and longitude -105.667 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. Lincoln County is in the Mountain Time Zone (UTC -7 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 88312 was 1,213 with 1,057 housing units; a land area land area of 66.78 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 18.16 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Alto, NM (< 0.1 mile)
Sun Valley, NM (1.4 miles NW)
Sierra Vista, NM (1.9 miles NW)
Ponderosa Heights, NM (3.6 miles SSW)
Villa Madonna, NM (3.9 miles WNW)
Ruidoso, NM (4.3 miles S)
Bonito, NM (4.5 miles NNW)
Hollywood, NM (5.3 miles SSE)
Ruidoso Downs, NM (5.8 miles SE)
Carrizo, NM (8 miles SSW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Alpine Cellars Village, NM (1.9 miles SW)
Angus, NM (3.6 miles N)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one County and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Counties.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.