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Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] increasing from 34,122 in 2010. Hobbs is the principal city of the Hobbs, New Mexico micropolitan statistical area , which includes all of Lea County.
Hobbs was founded in 1878 by Henderson Hobbs. He built his farm just next to the Lake Erie & Western Railroad that ran through the area. [3] A Christian church was founded in 1884. They converted an old school house turned blacksmith shop into a church in 1896. A new building was constructed in 1911. [4]
This is a list of properties and districts in New Mexico that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,100 listings. There are more than 1,100 listings. Of these, 46 are National Historic Landmarks .
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 4,394 square miles (11,380 km 2), of which 4,391 sq mi (11,370 km 2) are land and 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km 2) (0.07%) are covered by water. [3] Lea County is located in the southeast corner of New Mexico and borders Texas to the south and east.
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North Hobbs is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 5,391 as of the 2010 census . [ 4 ]
Area (Acres) [2] County(s) Notes Acoma Pueblo: Keres: Áakʼu 3,011 378,262 Cibola, Socorro, Catron: Includes the Acoma Pueblo. Cochiti Pueblo: Keres: Kotyit 1,727 50,681 Sandoval: Fort Sill Apache Reservation: Apache — 650 30 Luna: Tribal jurisdiction area in Oklahoma but won rights to reservation in New Mexico in 2011. Members are from the ...
State Road 132 (NM 132) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico.Its total length is approximately 19.76 miles (31.80 km). NM 132's southern terminus is at NM 18/NM 218 in Hobbs, and the northern terminus is at Texas State Highway 83 (SH 83) and Farm to Market Road 769 (FM 769) at the Texas–New Mexico state line.