Añal is a ghost town in De Baca County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Añal was located between Alamo and Fort Sumner, on the Arroyo de Añil — a tributary of the Pecos River — after which it is named, but the town's precise location is unknown to the GNIS.
Etymology
The etymon 'añil' refers to sunflowers in New Mexican Spanish. A post office called Anal (without the tilde) was established in 1916, and remained in operation until 1934. It was an unknown postmaster who first transcribed the name without i, according to an eye dialect.
References
- The place names of New Mexico (2 ed.). p. 15.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Añal (historical)
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Anal Post Office (historical)
| Municipalities and communities of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States | ||
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34°34′28″N 104°14′53″W / 34.5743153°N 104.248106°W / 34.5743153; -104.248106
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