Cherry Valley
A historical populated place in Mora County, New Mexico, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.
Location Record
Names and historical notes
Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.
GNIS description
On the S bank of the Mora River; coordinates and elevation approximate
GNIS historical note
Post office 1910-1916
Also recorded as
- Cherryvale
Source editions and recorded citations
Feature ID 914417. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.
GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.
- Text N.M. Geographic Names Data Base, 1992. Compiled by Bob Julyan over more than five years of researching individual geographic names in New Mexico. Especially useful for historical names, name changes; and variants. Subsumed within this bibliographical reference is the much larger bibliography of the data base, comprising 235 references, including county histories, local histories, other historical works, correspondence, and numerous oral sources.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.