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Lincoln County, New Mexico

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37historic places

—earliest paper

1869formed

20,269pop. 2020

24cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 37 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Lincoln, Nogal, White Oaks.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 37 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

37 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Aguayo Family Homestead	Nogal	District	1995
Archeological Site LA 12151	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 12153	Lincoln	District	1990
Archeological Site LA 12155	Lincoln	District	1990
Archeological Site LA 61201	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 61202	Lincoln	District	1990
Archeological Site LA 61204	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 61206	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 61208	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 61210	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site LA 61211	Lincoln	Site	1988
Archeological Site No. AR-03-08-01-051	White Oaks	Site	1990
Archeological Site No. AR-03-08-01-052	White Oaks	Site	1990
Carrizozo Commercial Historic District	Carrizozo	District	2016
Carrizozo Woman's Club	Carrizozo	Building	2003
El Paso And Southwestern Railway Water Supply System	Nogal	Site	1979
Feather Cave	Lincoln	Site	1974
Fort Stanton	Capitan	District	1973
Fort Stanton Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Capitan	District	2000
Funston Site (AR-03-08-01-046)	White Oaks	Site	1990
Hopeful Lode	Nogal	Site	1995
Hurd, Peter and Henriette Wyeth, House	San Patricio	District	2014
Hurd, Peter and Henriette Wyeth, House NHL	San Patricio	District
Jicarilla Schoolhouse	Jicarilla	Building	1983
Jimenez, Luis A. and Susan B., House and Studios	Hondo	Building	2014
Lincoln Historic District NHL	Lincoln	District	1966
Mesa Ranger Station Barn, Lincoln County, New Mexico	Nogal	Building	2025
Mesa Ranger Station Site	Nogal	Site	1990
Monjeau Lookout	Villa Madonna	Building	1988
New Mexico Military Institute Summer Camp, Main Building	Ruidoso	Building	1983
Nogal Mesa Kiva Site	Nogal	Site	1990
Nogal Mesa Site	Nogal	Site	1990
Old Dowlin Mill	Ruidoso	Building	2013
Paden's Drug Store	Carrizozo	Building	2005
Ruidoso Lookout Tower	Ruidoso	Structure	1988
White Oaks Historic District	White Oaks	District	1970
Wizard's Roost	Capitan	Site	1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lincoln was formed in 1869 (1869-01-16) from unknown / original county.

LINCOLN created by New Mexico Terr. from SOCORRO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lincoln County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,803	2,513	4,953	7,823	8,557	7,409	7,744	10,997	19,411	20,269

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

24 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ancho Cemetery	33.94347	-105.73688
Capitan Cemetery	33.54491	-105.5901
Carrabajal Cemetery	33.87626	-105.58772
Cedarvale Cemetery	33.7413	-105.74609
Encinoso Cemetery	33.68619	-105.50414
Escondido Cemetery	33.49816	-105.22468
Evergreen Cemetery	33.65102	-105.88551
Forest Lawn Cemetery	33.35674	-105.66942
Fritz Cemetery	33.41041	-105.2869
Gavilan Memorial Gardens Cemetery	33.36724	-105.64397
George Coe Cemetery	33.40775	-105.44767
Glencoe Cemetery	33.41577	-105.43408
Griego Cemetery	33.50505	-105.40713
Jicarilla Cemetery	33.85933	-105.6547
Las Palas Cemetery	33.58497	-105.18151
Lincoln Cemetery	33.48529	-105.37571
Nogal Cemetery	33.57604	-105.71428
Patos Cemetery	33.77481	-105.5779
Pleasant View Cemetery	33.68488	-105.25681
Reventon Cemetery	33.78991	-105.658
Saint Jude Catholic Mission Cemetery	33.41008	-105.33198
San Patricio Catholic Church Cemetery	33.41356	-105.35501
Silva Cemetery	33.60413	-105.64478
Stetson Cemetery	33.35263	-105.55693

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Baca	33.53675	-105.36332
Escondido	33.48981	-105.24499
Manchester	33.71146	-105.7536
Vera Cruz	33.60619	-105.70137

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

Historical markers

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