Places

Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Polvadera.

Zip codes in the city: 87828.

Socorro County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.

Funeral Homes near Polvadera

S
Steadman-Hall Funeral Home
309 Garfield St
Socorro, NM 87801

Facts about the city

Polvadera (La Polvadera de San Lorenzo) is an unincorporated community in Socorro County in central New Mexico, USA. It is located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, near the mouth of the Rio Salado, and on the western spur of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.

Polvadera Obituaries

There are no obituaries in our database for this location.

History

Formerly, the major diversion of Rio Grande water for irrigation in Socorro County occurred at Polvadera; however, after the floods of 1929 a new diversion was built upstream at San Acacia. In 1958 when Interstate 25 was being built down the Rio Grande valley, Polvadera was not given an exit, the nearest exit provided was at Lemitar a few miles to the south. was established by Edward Canby Canby in 1862 adjacent to Polvadera, on land leased from the then governor Henry Connelly. The current church of San Lorenzo was built in 1898. The Santa Fe Railroad came through in 1882 and the Post Office in Polvadero was established in 1895.

News

There is no news for this location at this time.

Send flowers directly to a funeral home

Find Funeral Homes >

FloristOne offers same day delivery from local florists.

Send Flowers