List of Counties in New Mexico - List

List

County FIPS Code
 County Seat
 Created
 Formed from
 Etymology
 Population
 Area
 Map
Bernalillo County 001 Albuquerque 1852 One of the nine original counties. The Gonzales-Bernal family, Spanish nobles who settled the territory in the seventeenth century 7005670968000000000670,968 70031166000000000001,166 mi²
(3,020 km²)
Catron County 003 Reserve 1921 Part of Socorro County. Thomas Benton Catron, a Santa Fe attorney and New Mexico's first U.S. Senator 70033733000000000003,733 70036928000000000006,928 sq mi
(700417943000000000017,943 km2)
Chaves County 005 Roswell 1889 Part of Lincoln County. Jose Francisco Chaves, a U.S. Army colonel in New Mexico during and after the Civil War 700465890000000000065,890 70036071000000000006,071 sq mi
(700415724000000000015,724 km2)
Cibola County 006 Grants 1981 Part of Valencia County. The mythical Seven Cities of Cibola 700427658000000000027,658 70034540000000000004,540 sq mi
(700411759000000000011,759 km2)
Colfax County 007 Raton 1869 Part of Mora County. Schuyler Colfax, the seventeenth vice president of the United States 700413640000000000013,640 70033757000000000003,757 sq mi
(70039731000000000009,731 km2)
Curry County 009 Clovis 1909 Parts of Quay County and Roosevelt County. George Curry, a governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 to 1910 700449649000000000049,649 70031406000000000001,406 sq mi
(70033642000000000003,642 km2)
De Baca County 011 Fort Sumner 1917 Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County. Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, the second state governor of New Mexico 70031945000000000001,945 70032325000000000002,325 sq mi
(70036022000000000006,022 km2)
Doña Ana County 013 Las Cruces 1852 One of the nine original counties. Doña Ana Robledo, a seventeenth century Spanish woman known for her charitable giving to the native population 7005213598000000000213,598 70033807000000000003,807 sq mi
(70039860000000000009,860 km2)
Eddy County 015 Carlsbad 1887 Part of Lincoln County. Charles Eddy, a rancher and developer of the area 700454152000000000054,152 70034182000000000004,182 sq mi
(700410831000000000010,831 km2)
Grant County 017 Silver City 1868 Part of Doña Ana County. Ulysses Simpson Grant, the Civil War general and eighteenth president of the United States 700429380000000000029,380 70033966000000000003,966 sq mi
(700410272000000000010,272 km2)
Guadalupe County 019 Santa Rosa 1891 Part of San Miguel County. Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of the Americas 70034619000000000004,619 70033031000000000003,031 sq mi
(70037850000000000007,850 km2)
Harding County 021 Mosquero 1921 Parts of Mora County and Union County. Warren Gamaliel Harding, the twenty-ninth president of the United States 7002740000000000000740 70032126000000000002,126 sq mi
(70035506000000000005,506 km2)
Hidalgo County 023 Lordsburg 1920 Part of Grant County. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the priest who is known as the Father of Mexican Independence 70034861000000000004,861 70033446000000000003,446 sq mi
(70038925000000000008,925 km2)
Lea County 025 Lovington 1917 Parts of Chaves County and Eddy County. Joseph Calloway Lea, a captain in the U.S. Army and the founder of the New Mexico Military Academy 700465423000000000065,423 70034393000000000004,393 sq mi
(700411378000000000011,378 km2)
Lincoln County 027 Carrizozo 1869 Part of Socorro County. Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States 700420454000000000020,454 70034831000000000004,831 sq mi
(700412512000000000012,512 km2)
Los Alamos County 028 Los Alamos 1949 Parts of Sandoval County and Santa Fe County. Named for its county seat of Los Alamos, New Mexico, which itself is the Spanish name for the cottonwood tree 700418222000000000018,222 7002109000000000000109 sq mi
(7002282000000000000282 km2)
Luna County 029 Deming 1901 Parts of Doña Ana County and Grant County. Solomon Luna, the largest land owner in the county at the time of its creation; itself Spanish for moon 700425281000000000025,281 70032965000000000002,965 sq mi
(70037679000000000007,679 km2)
McKinley County 031 Gallup 1899 Part of Bernalillo County. William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States 700473664000000000073,664 70035449000000000005,449 sq mi
(700414113000000000014,113 km2)
Mora County 033 Mora 1859 Part of Taos County. Named for its county seat of Mora, New Mexico, which is itself named after lo de mora, the Spanish term for blackberry 70034773000000000004,773 70031931000000000001,931 sq mi
(70035001000000000005,001 km2)
Otero County 035 Alamogordo 1899 Parts of Doña Ana County and Lincoln County. Miguel A. Otero, territorial delegate to U. S. Congress 700465703000000000065,703 70036627000000000006,627 sq mi
(700417164000000000017,164 km2)
Quay County 037 Tucumcari 1903 Part of Guadalupe County. Matthew Stanley Quay, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania who supported New Mexico's statehood 70039026000000000009,026 70032855000000000002,855 sq mi
(70037394000000000007,394 km2)
Rio Arriba County 039 Tierra Amarilla 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for its location on the upper Rio Grande (Rio Arriba is "upper river" in Spanish) 700440446000000000040,446 70035858000000000005,858 sq mi
(700415172000000000015,172 km2)
Roosevelt County 041 Portales 1903 Parts of Chaves County and Guadalupe County. Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States 700420446000000000020,446 70032449000000000002,449 sq mi
(70036343000000000006,343 km2)
Sandoval County 043 Bernalillo 1903 Part of Bernalillo County. Named for the Sandoval family, prominent seventeenth century Spanish landowners 7005134259000000000134,259 70033710000000000003,710 sq mi
(70039609000000000009,609 km2)
San Juan County 045 Aztec 1887 Part of Rio Arriba County. San Juan River, itself named after the Catholic saint 7005128200000000000128,200 70035514000000000005,514 sq mi
(700414281000000000014,281 km2)
San Miguel County 047 Las Vegas 1852 One of the nine original counties. San Miguel de Bado Catholic Church, the first in the area 700429301000000000029,301 70034717000000000004,717 sq mi
(700412217000000000012,217 km2)
Santa Fe County 049 Santa Fe 1852 One of the nine original counties. Spanish term meaning "holy faith," which refers to the spirituality of the founding missionaries 7005145648000000000145,648 70031909000000000001,909 sq mi
(70034944000000000004,944 km2)
Sierra County 051 Truth or Consequences 1884 Parts of Doña Ana County and Socorro County. Possibly named for the Black Range. (Sierra is mountain range in Spanish.) 700411943000000000011,943 70034180000000000004,180 sq mi
(700410826000000000010,826 km2)
Socorro County 053 Socorro 1852 One of the nine original counties. Spanish term meaning "aid," which refers to the help Native Americans gave to starving travelers 700417873000000000017,873 70036647000000000006,647 sq mi
(700417216000000000017,216 km2)
Taos County 055 Taos 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for its county seat of Taos, New Mexico, which in turn was named for the nearby Taos Pueblo, an ancient Native American village. Taos is red willow in the Tiwa language 700432917000000000032,917 70032203000000000002,203 sq mi
(70035706000000000005,706 km2)
Torrance County 057 Estancia 1903 Parts of Bernalillo County and Valencia County. Francis J. Torrance, the developer of the New Mexico Central Railroad 700416345000000000016,345 70033345000000000003,345 sq mi
(70038664000000000008,664 km2)
Union County 059 Clayton 1893 Parts of Colfax County, Mora County and San Miguel County. Named for the "union" of the three counties which donated land to form the new county 70034433000000000004,433 70033830000000000003,830 sq mi
(70039920000000000009,920 km2)
Valencia County 061 Los Lunas 1852 One of the nine original counties. Named for the town of Valencia, New Mexico, which is itself named for Valencia, Spain 700477070000000000077,070 70031068000000000001,068 sq mi
(70032766000000000002,766 km2)

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