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Catron County
List of counties in New Mexico
Amt
FIPS-kode
Amtssæde
Oprettet
Dannet af
Etymologi
Befolkning
Område
Kort
Bernalillo County
001
Albuquerque
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Gonzales-Bernal-familien, spanske adelsmænd, som bosatte sig i området i det 17. århundrede.
7005670968000000000♠670,968
70031166000000000000000♠1.166 mi2
(3.020 km2)
Catron County
003
Reserve
1921
En del af Socorro County.
Thomas Benton Catron, advokat i Santa Fe og New Mexicos første senator i USA
7003373300000000000♠3,733
70036928000000000000000♠6.928 km2
(7004179430000000000♠17,943 km2)
Chaves County
005
Roswell
1889
En del af Lincoln County.
Jose Francisco Chaves, en oberst i den amerikanske hær i New Mexico under og efter borgerkrigen
7004658900000000000♠65,890
7003607100000000000♠6.071 km2
(7004157240000000000♠15,724 km2)
Cibola County
006
Grants
1981
Dele af Valencia County, Socorro County, McKinley County og Catron County.
De mytiske syv byer i Cibola
7004276580000000000♠27,658
70034540000000000000000♠4,540 km2
(7004117590000000000♠11,759 km2)
Colfax County
007
Raton
1869
En del af Mora County.
Schuyler Colfax, den syttende vicepræsident i USA
7004136400000000000♠13,640
70033757000000000000000♠3,757 km2
(7003973100000000000♠9,731 km2)
Curry County
009
Clovis
1909
Dele af Quay County og Roosevelt County.
George Curry, guvernør i New Mexico Territory fra 1907 til 1910
7004496490000000000♠49,649
70031406000000000000000♠1.406 km2
(7003364200000000000♠3,642 km2)
De Baca County
011
Fort Sumner
1917
Dele af Chaves County og Guadalupe County.
Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, den anden guvernør i New Mexico
7003194500000000000♠1,945
70032325000000000000000♠2.325 km2
(7003602200000000000♠6,022 km2)
Doña Ana County
013
Las Cruces
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Doña Ana Robledo, en spansk kvinde fra det syttende århundrede, der var kendt for sin velgørenhed over for den indfødte befolkning
7005213598000000000♠213,598
70033807000000000000000♠3.807 km2
(7003986000000000000♠9,860 km2)
Eddy County
015
Carlsbad
1887
En del af Lincoln County.
Charles Eddy, en kvægavler og bygherre i området
7004541520000000000♠54,152
7003418200000000000♠4.182 km2
(7004108310000000000♠10,831 km2)
Grant County
017
Silver City
1868
En del af Doña Ana County.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, general fra borgerkrigen og USA's attende præsident
7004293800000000000♠29,380
70033966000000000000000♠3,966 km2
(7004102720000000000♠10,272 km2)
Guadalupe County
019
Santa Rosa
1891
En del af San Miguel County.
Vor Frue af Guadalupe, Amerikas skytshelgen
7003461900000000000♠4,619
7003303131000000000000000♠3,031 km2
(7003785000000000000♠7,850 km2)
Harding County
021
Mosquero
1921
Dele af Mora County og Union County.
Warren Gamaliel Harding, USA's niogtyvende præsident
7002740000000000000♠740
70032126000000000000000♠2.126 km2
(7003550600000000000♠5,506 km2)
Hidalgo County
023
Lordsburg
1920
En del af Grant County.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, præsten, der er kendt som den mexicanske uafhængigheds fader
7003486100000000000♠4,861
70033446000000000000000♠3,446 km2
(7003892500000000000♠8,925 km2)
Lea County
025
Lovington
1917
Dele af Chaves County og Eddy County.
Joseph Calloway Lea, kaptajn i den amerikanske hær og grundlægger af New Mexico Military Academy
7004654230000000000♠65,423
70034393000000000000000♠4.393 km2
(7004113780000000000♠11,378 km2)
Lincoln County
027
Carrizozozo
1869
En del af Socorro County.
Abraham Lincoln, den sekstende præsident i USA
7004204540000000000♠20,454
70034831000000000000000♠4,831 km2
(7004125120000000000♠12,512 km2)
Los Alamos County
028
Los Alamos
1949
Dele af Sandoval County og Santa Fe County.
Opkaldt efter amtsbyen Los Alamos, New Mexico, som i sig selv er det spanske navn for bomuldstræet
7004182220000000000♠18,222
70021090000000000000000♠109 km2
(70022820000000000000000♠282 km2)
Luna County
029
Deming
1901
Dele af Doña Ana County og Grant County.
Solomon Luna, den største jordejer i amtet på det tidspunkt, hvor det blev oprettet; selv spansk for måne
7004252810000000000♠25,281
70032965000000000000000♠2.965 km2
(7003767900000000000♠7,679 km2)
McKinley County
031
Gallup
1899
En del af Bernalillo County.
William McKinley, USA's femogtyvende præsident
7004736640000000000♠73,664
70035449000000000000000♠5.449 km2
(7004141130000000000♠14,113 km2)
Mora County
033
Mora
1859
En del af Taos County.
Opkaldt efter amtssædet Mora, New Mexico, som selv er opkaldt efter lo de mora, det spanske udtryk for brombær.
7003477300000000000♠4,773
70031931000000000000000♠1,931 km2
(7003500100000000000♠5,001 km2)
Otero County
035
Alamogordo
1899
Dele af Doña Ana County og Lincoln County.
Miguel A. Otero, territorial delegeret til den amerikanske kongres
7004657030000000000♠65,703
70036627000000000000000♠6.627 km2
(7004171640000000000♠17,164 km2)
Quay County
037
Tucumcari
1903
En del af Guadalupe County.
Matthew Stanley Quay, en amerikansk senator fra Pennsylvania, der støttede New Mexicos status som delstat.
7003902600000000000♠9,026
70032855000000000000000♠2.855 km2
(7003739400000000000♠7,394 km2)
Rio Arriba County
039
Tierra Amarilla
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Opkaldt efter sin beliggenhed ved den øvre del af Rio Grande (Río Arriba betyder "opstrøms" eller "op ad floden" på spansk).
7004404460000000000♠40,446
70035858000000000000000♠5.858 km2
(7004151720000000000♠15,172 km2)
Roosevelt County
041
Portales
1903
Dele af Chaves County og Guadalupe County.
Theodore Roosevelt, den seksogtyvende præsident i USA
7004204460000000000♠20,446
70032449000000000000000♠2,449 km2
(7003634300000000000♠6,343 km2)
Sandoval County
043
Bernalillo
1903
En del af Bernalillo County.
Opkaldt efter Sandoval-familien, fremtrædende spanske jordejere fra det 17. århundrede.
7005134259000000000♠134,259
70033710000000000000000♠3.710 km2
(7003960900000000000♠9,609 km2)
San Juan County
045
Aztec
1887
En del af Rio Arriba County.
San Juan-floden, selv opkaldt efter den katolske helgen
7005128200000000000♠128,200
70035514000000000000000♠5.514 km2
(7004142810000000000♠14,281 km2)
San Miguel County
047
Las Vegas
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Den katolske kirke San Miguel de Bado, den første i området
7004293010000000000♠29,301
70034717000000000000000♠4,717 km2
(7004122170000000000♠12,217 km2)
Santa Fe County
049
Santa Fe
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige counties.
Spansk betegnelse, der betyder "hellig tro", hvilket henviser til de stiftende missionærers åndelighed.
7005145648000000000♠145,648
70031909000000000000000♠1.909 km2
(7003494400000000000♠4,944 km2)
Sierra County
051
Truth or Consequences
1884
Dele af Doña Ana County og Socorro County.
Muligvis opkaldt efter den sorte bjergkæde. (Sierra er bjergkæde på spansk.)
7004119430000000000♠11,943
70034180000000000000000♠4.180 km2
(7004108260000000000♠10,826 km2)
Socorro County
053
Socorro
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Spansk udtryk, der betyder "hjælp", hvilket henviser til den hjælp, som indianerne gav sultne rejsende.
7004178730000000000♠17,873
70036647000000000000000♠6.647 km2
(7004172160000000000♠17,216 km2)
Taos County
055
Taos
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Opkaldt efter amtets hovedsæde Taos, New Mexico, som igen blev opkaldt efter den nærliggende Taos Pueblo, en gammel indiansk landsby. Taos betyder rød pil på Tiwa-sproget
7004329170000000000♠32,917
70032203000000000000000♠2.203 km2
(7003570600000000000♠5,706 km2)
Torrance County
057
Estancia
1903
Dele af Bernalillo County, Valencia County og Socorro County.
Francis J. Torrance, bygherre af New Mexico Central Railroad
7004163450000000000♠16,345
70033345000000000000000♠3,345 km2
(7003866400000000000♠8,664 km2)
Union County
059
Clayton
1893
Dele af Colfax County, Mora County og San Miguel County.
Opkaldt efter "foreningen" af de tre amter, der donerede jord til det nye amt.
7003443300000000000♠4,433
70033830000000000000000♠3,830 km2
(7003992000000000000♠9,920 km2)
Valencia County
061
Los Lunas
1852
Et af de ni oprindelige amter.
Opkaldt efter byen Valencia, New Mexico, som selv er opkaldt efter Valencia, Spanien.
7004770700000000000♠77,070
70031068000000000000000♠1,068 km2
(7003276600000000000♠2,766 km2)
Catron County
List of counties in New Mexico
County
FIPS code

County seat

Created

Formed from

Etymology

Population

Area

Map


Bernalillo County
001
Albuquerque
1852
One of the nine original counties.
The Gonzales-Bernal family, Spanish nobles who settled the territory in the seventeenth century
7005670968000000000♠670,968
7003116600000000000♠1,166 mi2
(3,020 km2)



Catron County
003
Reserve
1921
Part of Socorro County.
Thomas Benton Catron, a Santa Fe attorney and New Mexico's first U.S. Senator
7003373300000000000♠3,733
7003692800000000000♠6,928 sq mi
(7004179430000000000♠17,943 km2)



Chaves County
005
Roswell
1889
Part of Lincoln County.
Jose Francisco Chaves, a U.S. Army colonel in New Mexico during and after the Civil War
7004658900000000000♠65,890
7003607100000000000♠6,071 sq mi
(7004157240000000000♠15,724 km2)



Cibola County
006
Grants
1981
Parts of Valencia County, Socorro County, McKinley County, and Catron County.
The mythical Seven Cities of Cibola
7004276580000000000♠27,658
7003454000000000000♠4,540 sq mi
(7004117590000000000♠11,759 km2)



Colfax County
007
Raton
1869
Part of Mora County.
Schuyler Colfax, the seventeenth vice president of the United States
7004136400000000000♠13,640
7003375700000000000♠3,757 sq mi
(7003973100000000000♠9,731 km2)



Curry County
009
Clovis
1909
Parts of Quay County and Roosevelt County.
George Curry, a governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 to 1910
7004496490000000000♠49,649
7003140600000000000♠1,406 sq mi
(7003364200000000000♠3,642 km2)



De Baca County
011
Fort Sumner
1917
Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County.
Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, the second state governor of New Mexico
7003194500000000000♠1,945
7003232500000000000♠2,325 sq mi
(7003602200000000000♠6,022 km2)



Doña Ana County
013
Las Cruces
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Doña Ana Robledo, a seventeenth-century Spanish woman known for her charitable giving to the native population
7005213598000000000♠213,598
7003380700000000000♠3,807 sq mi
(7003986000000000000♠9,860 km2)



Eddy County
015
Carlsbad
1887
Part of Lincoln County.
Charles Eddy, a rancher and developer of the area
7004541520000000000♠54,152
7003418200000000000♠4,182 sq mi
(7004108310000000000♠10,831 km2)



Grant County
017
Silver City
1868
Part of Doña Ana County.
Ulysses Simpson Grant, the Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States
7004293800000000000♠29,380
7003396600000000000♠3,966 sq mi
(7004102720000000000♠10,272 km2)



Guadalupe County
019
Santa Rosa
1891
Part of San Miguel County.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the Americas
7003461900000000000♠4,619
7003303100000000000♠3,031 sq mi
(7003785000000000000♠7,850 km2)



Harding County
021
Mosquero
1921
Parts of Mora County and Union County.
Warren Gamaliel Harding, the twenty-ninth president of the United States
7002740000000000000♠740
7003212600000000000♠2,126 sq mi
(7003550600000000000♠5,506 km2)



Hidalgo County
023
Lordsburg
1920
Part of Grant County.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who is known as the Father of Mexican Independence
7003486100000000000♠4,861
7003344600000000000♠3,446 sq mi
(7003892500000000000♠8,925 km2)



Lea County
025
Lovington
1917
Parts of Chaves County and Eddy County.
Joseph Calloway Lea, a captain in the U.S. Army and the founder of the New Mexico Military Academy
7004654230000000000♠65,423
7003439300000000000♠4,393 sq mi
(7004113780000000000♠11,378 km2)



Lincoln County
027
Carrizozo
1869
Part of Socorro County.
Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States
7004204540000000000♠20,454
7003483100000000000♠4,831 sq mi
(7004125120000000000♠12,512 km2)



Los Alamos County
028
Los Alamos
1949
Parts of Sandoval County and Santa Fe County.
Named for its county seat of Los Alamos, New Mexico, which itself is the Spanish name for the cottonwood tree
7004182220000000000♠18,222
7002109000000000000♠109 sq mi
(7002282000000000000♠282 km2)



Luna County
029
Deming
1901
Parts of Doña Ana County and Grant County.
Solomon Luna, the largest land owner in the county at the time of its creation; itself Spanish for moon
7004252810000000000♠25,281
7003296500000000000♠2,965 sq mi
(7003767900000000000♠7,679 km2)



McKinley County
031
Gallup
1899
Part of Bernalillo County.
William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States
7004736640000000000♠73,664
7003544900000000000♠5,449 sq mi
(7004141130000000000♠14,113 km2)



Mora County
033
Mora
1859
Part of Taos County.
Named for its county seat of Mora, New Mexico, which is itself named after lo de mora, the Spanish term for blackberry
7003477300000000000♠4,773
7003193100000000000♠1,931 sq mi
(7003500100000000000♠5,001 km2)



Otero County
035
Alamogordo
1899
Parts of Doña Ana County and Lincoln County.
Miguel A. Otero, territorial delegate to U. S. Congress
7004657030000000000♠65,703
7003662700000000000♠6,627 sq mi
(7004171640000000000♠17,164 km2)



Quay County
037
Tucumcari
1903
Part of Guadalupe County.
Matthew Stanley Quay, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania who supported New Mexico's statehood
7003902600000000000♠9,026
7003285500000000000♠2,855 sq mi
(7003739400000000000♠7,394 km2)



Rio Arriba County
039
Tierra Amarilla
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Named for its location on the upper Rio Grande (Río Arriba means "upstream" or "up the river" in Spanish)
7004404460000000000♠40,446
7003585800000000000♠5,858 sq mi
(7004151720000000000♠15,172 km2)



Roosevelt County
041
Portales
1903
Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County.
Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States
7004204460000000000♠20,446
7003244900000000000♠2,449 sq mi
(7003634300000000000♠6,343 km2)



Sandoval County
043
Bernalillo
1903
Part of Bernalillo County.
Named for the Sandoval family, prominent seventeenth-century Spanish landowners
7005134259000000000♠134,259
7003371000000000000♠3,710 sq mi
(7003960900000000000♠9,609 km2)



San Juan County
045
Aztec
1887
Part of Rio Arriba County.
San Juan River, itself named after the Catholic saint
7005128200000000000♠128,200
7003551400000000000♠5,514 sq mi
(7004142810000000000♠14,281 km2)



San Miguel County
047
Las Vegas
1852
One of the nine original counties.
San Miguel de Bado Catholic Church, the first in the area
7004293010000000000♠29,301
7003471700000000000♠4,717 sq mi
(7004122170000000000♠12,217 km2)



Santa Fe County
049
Santa Fe
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Spanish term meaning "holy faith," which refers to the spirituality of the founding missionaries
7005145648000000000♠145,648
7003190900000000000♠1,909 sq mi
(7003494400000000000♠4,944 km2)



Sierra County
051
Truth or Consequences
1884
Parts of Doña Ana County and Socorro County.
Possibly named for the Black Range. (Sierra is mountain range in Spanish.)
7004119430000000000♠11,943
7003418000000000000♠4,180 sq mi
(7004108260000000000♠10,826 km2)



Socorro County
053
Socorro
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Spanish term meaning "aid," which refers to the help Native Americans gave to starving travelers
7004178730000000000♠17,873
7003664700000000000♠6,647 sq mi
(7004172160000000000♠17,216 km2)



Taos County
055
Taos
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Named for its county seat of Taos, New Mexico, which in turn was named for the nearby Taos Pueblo, an ancient Native American village. Taos is red willow in the Tiwa language
7004329170000000000♠32,917
7003220300000000000♠2,203 sq mi
(7003570600000000000♠5,706 km2)



Torrance County
057
Estancia
1903
Parts of Bernalillo County, Valencia County, and Socorro County.
Francis J. Torrance, the developer of the New Mexico Central Railroad
7004163450000000000♠16,345
7003334500000000000♠3,345 sq mi
(7003866400000000000♠8,664 km2)



Union County
059
Clayton
1893
Parts of Colfax County, Mora County and San Miguel County.
Named for the "union" of the three counties which donated land to form the new county
7003443300000000000♠4,433
7003383000000000000♠3,830 sq mi
(7003992000000000000♠9,920 km2)



Valencia County
061
Los Lunas
1852
One of the nine original counties.
Named for the town of Valencia, New Mexico, which is itself named for Valencia, Spain
7004770700000000000♠77,070
7003106800000000000♠1,068 sq mi
(7003276600000000000♠2,766 km2)
List of counties in New Mexico