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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.

Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Santa Fe
Year Organized: 1852
Square Miles: 1,909

Court House:

P.O. Box 276
County Courthouse
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0276

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Meaning of County Name

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Located in north central New Mexico, Santa Fe was one of the seven partidos established during Mexican rule. The division of counties in New Mexico can be traced back to this time. The first subdivison of the New Mexico Territory was made in 1837 when two partidos -- districts -- were created. In 1844, New Mexico was re-divided into three districts. Eventually these districts were further subdivided into areas that include similar boundaries to New Mexico's first counties. The County seat is Sante Fe, the capital city of New Mexico..

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Edgewood	town	Incorporated Area
- Santa FE (County Seat)	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."