| City: | Fort Bayard, New Mexico |
| City Alias: | Silver City |
| Names to Avoid: | Ft Bayard |
| County: | Grant County |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 10:26:21 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 575 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 32.8511, -108.1247 |
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Fort Bayard sits in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico, 15 miles east of Silver City in Grant County. This ZIP serves what remains of a historic U.S. Army installation established in 1866 to protect settlers and miners during the Apache Wars. Today the site operates as a medical and residential facility, no longer under military control.
Mail delivery here uses rural carrier routes, not a traditional post office. The ZIP maintains no PO Boxes (0 boxes recorded), and street delivery covers 11 named streets across 4.6 square miles. Route patterns include one rural route (R) and one highway contract route (H), serving the facility's buildings and any residential areas.
Street names tell two stories. Grant Drive honors General Ulysses S. Grant, while Main Street suggests the original fort layout. Most streets carry Spanish names like Calle de las Palmas, Camino del Sol, and Avenida del Rio, added when the facility transitioned to civilian medical use in the mid-20th century.
Silver City (88061) serves as the acceptable mailing alias, connecting Fort Bayard to the larger community 15 miles west. With zero population recorded in the ZIP itself and no business establishments, this is a facility-only designation rather than a residential community. The classification as a PO Box ZIP is historical, dating to before October 2004 when USPS tracking began.
Street names blend military history (Grant Drive) with Spanish-language streets added during civilian transition.
ZIP Code 88036 is designated for PO Box delivery only; business establishment and employment data are not available.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 0Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 0Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $0Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 0Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 88036 is located in Grant County, New Mexico, within the Silver City, NM Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 43500) and New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. This Micro area has a population of 29,514 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 88036. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Silver City, NMSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 43500Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MicroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 29,514Source: Census |
| MSA: | Source: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 02Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 71739.49 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | --Source: Census |
| Place Name: | --Source: Census |
We could not locate which school district 88036 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.