Chacon is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located in
Mora County,
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, United States. The community is located on
New Mexico State Road 121
State Road 121 (NM 121) is a American state highway in Mora County, New Mexico
Mora County () is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,189. Its county seat is the census-designated pla ...
, north of
Mora
Mora may refer to:
People
* José Maria Mora (1847–1926), Cuban-American photographer, often credited as "Mora"
* Mora (singer) (born 1996), a Puerto Rican singer
* Mora (surname), a Spanish name (includes a list of people with the name)
Plac ...
. Chacon has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 87713, which opened on September 10, 1894.
It was named after its first postmaster, Diego Chacon. Harsh winters give the area the nickname "Little Alaska."
References
External links
Chacon post office history
Unincorporated communities in Mora County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico
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