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New Mexico Counties
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Torrance County, New Mexico
Torrance County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
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Named: It was named for Francis J. Torrance who was an early builder
of commerce in New Mexico.
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History
Torrance County was created 16 March
1903. It is near the heart of New Mexico. It was named for Francis J. Torrance
who was an early builder of commerce in New Mexico. Estancia is the county seat.
It is rich in farming, ranching, and orchards. Two railroads cross its lands.
Torrance County's Manzano area, saw the first apple orchard planted in the
southwest.
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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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Penn Foster High School
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