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Roswell (/ ˈ r ɒ z w ɛ l /) is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. [6] The population was 48,422 at the 2020 census, [3] making it the fifth-most populous city in New Mexico.
Location of Chaves County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chaves County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,157. [1] Its county seat is Roswell. [2] Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and later in Navajo campaigns. The county was created by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on February 25, 1889, out of land from Lincoln County.
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.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, four metropolitan statistical areas, and 13 micropolitan statistical areas in New Mexico. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM CSA , comprising the area around New Mexico's largest city of Albuquerque as well as its capital, Santa Fe .
Sep. 28—Records kept by foundations that fundraise and invest for New Mexico's public universities will be public records based on a court order issued this week, attorneys involved in the case ...
The State of New Mexico has a total of fifteen micropolitan areas. As of the 2000 Census , these counties had a combined population of 589,371 (32.4% of the state's total population). Based on a July 1, 2009 population estimate, that figure had increased to 597,079 (29.7% of the state's total population).