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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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McKinley County, New Mexico
McKinley County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gallup
Year Organized: 1899
Square Miles: 5,449 |
Court House: P.O. Box 70
County Courthouse
Gallup, NM 87305-0070
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
It was named for William McKinley who was the 25th president of
the United States.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
McKinley County was created 23
February 1899. It was named for William McKinley who was the 25th president of
the United States. The county seat is Gallup. Gallup is the center of American
Indian Inter-tribal Ceremonial. McKinley boasts a lumber industry, oil refinery,
coal mining, and uranium production. It has within its boundaries the Navajo
reservation and other Indian lands and ancient attractions.
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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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