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New Mexico Counties
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New Mexico Counties
There is thirty-three counties in the state of New Mexico. There were originally nine counties
formed in 1852. Santa Ana County, New Mexico Territory, one of the nine original counties, was annexed in 1876
to Bernalillo County, New Mexico. |
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Colfax County, New Mexico
Colfax County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Raton
Year Organized: 1869
Square Miles: 3,757 |
Court House: P.O. Box 1498
County Courthouse
Raton, NM 87740-1498
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named in honor of Vice-President-Elect Schuyler Colfax.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Colfax County was created 25 January
1869. The county seat is Raton. Colfax was the name of Vice-president of the
USA, Schuyler Colfax, in 1869. Ranching, farming, mining, and tourism are the
mainstay of Colfax County.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Angel Fire |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cimarron |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Eagle Nest |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Maxwell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Raton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Springer |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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