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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
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Luna County, New Mexico
Luna County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Deming
Year Organized: 1901
Square Miles: 2,965 |
Court House: PO Drawer 551
County Courthouse
Deming, NM 88031-0551
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
named after Soloman Luna, who was a politician and cattle
rancher.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Luna County was named after Soloman
Luna, who was a politician and cattle rancher. It was created in 1901 from Grant
and Dona Ana County. The county seat is Deming which was founded in 1881 and
officially incorporated in 1902. It was named after Mary Anne Deming, the wife
of Charles Crocker, a railroad businessman.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Columbus |
village |
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- Deming
(County Seat) |
city |
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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