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Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.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]
A former mining town that also once contained the only medical facility between Albuquerque and Gallup . Baldy Town. Baldy Mining Camp. Colfax. 1888. 1940. Historic site. The site is part of the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. It has stone ruins, mill foundations, a chimney, mine tailings, and a smelter slag pile.
v. t. e. 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.
New Mexico's largest city is Albuquerque, and its state capital is Santa Fe, the oldest state capital in the U.S., founded in 1610 as the government seat of Nuevo México in New Spain. New Mexico is the fifth-largest of the fifty states by area, but with just over 2.1 million residents, ranks 36th in population and 46th in population density. [8]
Las Vegas, often known simply as Vegas, is a city in and the county seat of San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. [ 6] Once two separate municipalities (one a city and the other a town), both were named Las Vegas: West Las Vegas ("Old Town") and East Las Vegas ("New Town"). They are separated by the Gallinas River and retain distinct ...
2413285 [ 3] Website. www .townofsilvercity .org. Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat [ 5] and the home of Western New Mexico University. As of the 2010 census the population was 10,315. [ 6] As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,704.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. / 33.13528°N 107.25278°W / 33.13528; -107.25278. Truth or Consequences (often abbreviated as T or C / ˌtiːɔːrˈsiː / ⓘ) is a city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Sierra County. [ 5] In 2020, the population was 6,052.
Bonanza City, New Mexico. Bonanza City is a ghost town, located 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Santa Fe in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. [ 1] The town was founded in 1880 as a mining town, following the discovery of gold and silver in the nearby Cerrillos Hills. It was abandoned sometime in the early 1900s.