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UTC−6 (MDT) Congressional district. 2nd. Website. www.lincolncountynm.gov. Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,269. [2] Its county seat is Carrizozo, [3] while its largest community is Ruidoso.
The McBride Fire was a destructive wildfire that burned in the Lincoln National Forest near the community of Ruidoso in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in the United States as part of the 2022 New Mexico wildfire season. The fire was named after McBride Road, near where it ignited on April 12, 2022. The McBride Fire burned 6,159 acres (2,492 ha ...
15 killed. 11 wounded. 8 killed. 12 wounded. The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of the state of New Mexico, and continued until 1881. [1] The feud became famous because of the participation of William H. Bonney ("Billy the Kid").
Mar. 8—A Lincoln County man has died of plague, the first human case of the disease in New Mexico since 2021, state officials announced Friday. The man, whose identity has not been publicly ...
The village is located approximately 57 miles (92 km) west of Roswell in adjacent Chaves County (by road) and just north of the Lincoln National Forest. Lincoln is the primary community in zip code 88338, which had a population of 189 residents in the 2010 census.
Farther north in the state, the Sites Fire in Colusa County has grown to 10,000 acres and is zero percent contained and the Point Fire in Sonoma County has burned more than 1,200 acres and is ...
The Battle of Lincoln, New Mexico, so-called Five-Day Battle or Five-Day Siege, [1][2] was a five-day-long firefight between the Murphy-Dolan Faction and the Regulators that took place between July 15–19, 1878, in Lincoln, New Mexico. [3][4] It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory.
Known for. Instigator of the Lincoln County War. James Joseph Dolan (May 2, 1848 – February 6, 1898) was a Union Army veteran, Grand Army of the Republic member, Republican Party political boss, racketeer, Old West businessman and gunman, cattle baron, and a key figure in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to ...