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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.

Lincoln County, New Mexico

Lincoln County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Carrizozo
Year Organized: 1869
Square Miles: 4,831

Court House:

PO Box 711
County Courthouse
Carrizozo, NM 88301-0711

Etymology - Origin of County Name

It was named after Abraham Lincoln.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Lincoln County was created 16 January 1869. It was named after Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln County is varied in forests, plains, streams and state parks. It once covered one fourth of New Mexico and was the largest county in the United States of America. It is the home of the Lincoln County Wars of the 1870's. Carrizozo is the county seat. Smokey the Bear was a native born Lincoln County icon. This county is multi-cultural and has a friendly easy going citizenry.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Capitan	village	Incorporated Area
- Carrizozo (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Corona	village	Incorporated Area
- Ruidoso	village	Incorporated Area
- Ruidoso Downs	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."