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Des Moines is a village in Union County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 143 at the 2010 census. In 2018, the estimated population was 20% lower than it was in 2000. Des Moines is a small village surrounded by large cattle ranches. Des Moines is known for its educational services, construction, and agriculture.
According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2] New Mexico is divided into 33 counties and contains 106 municipalities consisting of cities, towns, villages and an incorporated county. [3]
There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory to be created, in 1852, were Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties. Mora County was created in 1860.
Cimarron is located in west-central Colfax County on the north bank of the Cimarron River, where it emerges from the Cimarron Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. U.S. Route 64 passes through the village, leading west up the Cimarron Canyon 23 miles (37 km) to Eagle Nest and northeast 40 miles (64 km) to Raton, the Colfax County seat.
Des Moines Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Iowa Des Moines-class cruiser used by the US Navy "Dez Moines", a song from the album With Roots Above and Branches Below by the American metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada.
New Mexico: A History of Four Centuries (1962), standard survey; Bullis, Don, New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, 1540–1980, 2 vol, (Los Ranchos de Albuquerque: Rio Grande, 2008) 393 pp. ISBN 978-1-890689-17-9; Chavez, Thomas E. An Illustrated History of New Mexico, 267 pages, University of New Mexico Press 2002, ISBN 0-8263-3051-7
Bernalillo lies in the Rio Grande Valley of the Albuquerque Basin on the east bank of the Rio Grande.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.296 square miles (13.72 km 2), of which 5.258 square miles (13.62 km 2) is land and 0.038 square miles (0.10 km 2), or 2.34% is water [1]