CHAMBERINO

NAME: Chamberino COUNTY: DONA ANA ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Never a disagreeable day! BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS: CHAMBERINO. Post office 1880/ 1882. REMAINS: Bldgs. Residences. Still occupied.

CHAMBERINO. On NM 28 E of the Rio Grande, 18 mi S of Las Cruces. Reported to be an Indian word meaning 'deep ford'; and also as a corruption of the Spanish word for a brush that grew in this section. On the west side of the River is a settlement called BERINO. Post office 1893 to present.` Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter1

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