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Ruidoso, NM 88345
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Alto Crest, NM 88345
Hollywood, NM 88345
Sierra Blanca, NM 88345

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The 88345 ZIP Code is centered1 in Lincoln County at latitude 33.341 and longitude -105.668 (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) 88345 was 9,494 with 9,702 housing units; a land area land area of 57.08 sq. miles; a water area of 0.11 sq. miles; and a population density of 166.32 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Ponderosa Heights, NM (< 0.1 mile)
Ruidoso, NM (< 0.1 mile)
Hollywood, NM (2.4 miles ESE)
Ruidoso Downs, NM (3.9 miles ESE)
Alto, NM (4.1 miles N)
Carrizo, NM (4.5 miles SSW)
Sierra Vista, NM (4.9 miles NNW)
Sun Valley, NM (4.9 miles N)
Villa Madonna, NM (6.4 miles NNW)
Bonito, NM (8 miles NNW)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Alpine Cellars Village, NM (2.7 miles NNW)
Angus, NM (7.2 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.