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Harding County, New Mexico

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
2historic places
—earliest paper
1921formed
657pop. 2020
22cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1987. Most listings are in or near Bueyeros, Mosquero.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New Mexico is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Harding titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 2 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

2 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bueyeros SchoolBueyerosBuilding1996
Harding County CourthouseMosqueroBuilding1987

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Harding was formed in 1921 (1921-06-10) from Mora, Union.

HARDING created from MORA and UNION.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Harding County population from 1930 to 2020 (Census historical series).

4,4212,53965719301960198020002020
1930194019501960198020002020
4,4214,3743,0131,8741,090810657

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

22 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed
NameLatLon
Alamosa Cemetery35.45019-103.57151
Armenta Plaza Cemetery35.8242-104.3704
Bryantine Cemetery35.45423-103.69654
Calvert Cemetery35.8518-104.28572
Cejita Cemetery35.82756-103.58687
David Cemetery35.79671-103.78518
Garcia Cemetery35.90056-103.89008
Johnson Cemetery35.94093-104.04855
Kelly Cemetery35.83752-104.16713
Maytum Cemetery35.94396-103.49591
Mestenito Cemetery36.095-104.31334
Mills Cemetery36.08836-104.24025
Mitchell Ranch CemeteryNoneNone
Mofax Cemetery36.21779-104.08122
Mosquero Cemetery35.79568-103.96277
Pedernal Cemetery36.01751-103.42444
Rosebud Cemetery35.83231-103.46433
Roy Cemetery35.95582-104.19066
Saint Joseph Cemetery35.79473-103.96262
Solano Cemetery35.8692-104.07802
Trujillo Cemetery35.928-103.94695
Vigil Cemetery35.41447-103.52005
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Armenta Plaza35.82476-104.37054

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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