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Mora County, New Mexico

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26historic places

—earliest paper

1860formed

4,189pop. 2020

40cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Mora, Watrous, Cleveland.

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 Mora titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Cassidy Mill	Cleveland	Building	1978
Cassidy, Daniel, House	Mora	Building	1990
Cassidy, Daniel, and Sons General Merchandise Store	Cleveland	Building	1979
Cassidy, James J., House	Cleveland	Building	2005
Fort Union National Monument	Watrous	Site	1966
Garcia House	Mora	Building	1990
Gordon-Sanchez Mill	Mora	Building	1990
Guadalupita-Coyote Rural Historic District	Guadalupita	District	2017
La Cueva Historic District	Mora	District	1973
Ledoux Rural Historic District	Ledoux	District	1990
Mora Historic District	Mora	District	1990
North Carmen Historic District	Ledoux	District	1990
Ocate Creek Crossing and the Santa Fe Trail-Mora County Trail Segments	Ocate	Site	1994
Olguin, Jose, Barn-Corral Complex	Mora	Building	1990
Santa Clara Hotel	Wagon Mound	Building	1991
Santa Fe Trail-Apache Mesa Segment	Ocate	Site	2013
Santa Fe Trail-Mora County Segment North of Wagon Mound	Wagon Mound	Site	2013
Santa Fe Trail-Piojo Ranch Segments District	Watrous	Site	2013
St. Vrain's Mill	Mora	Site	1973
Strong, J. P., Store	Ocate	Building	1979
Tipton-Black Willow Ranch Historic District	Watrous	District	2001
Valdez, Desiderio, House	Cleveland	Building	1990
Valdez, Narciso, House	Ocate	Building	1980
Valmora Sanatorium Historic District	Watrous	District	1995
Wagon Mound NHL	Wagon Mound	Site	1966
Watrous NHL	Watrous	District	1966

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Mora was formed in 1860 (1860-02-01) from unknown / original county.

MORA created by New Mexico Terr. from TAOS; included parts of present Colorado and New Mexico.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Mora County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
5,566	9,751	10,304	13,915	10,981	8,720	6,028	4,205	5,180	4,189

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Fort Union National Monument	Park unit	12.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Agua Negra Cemetery	36.0353	-105.38806
Bethel Cemetery	35.89028	-105.33256
Calhoun Cemetery	36.15309	-104.91473
Casias Cemetery	36.04311	-105.08156
Chacon Cemetery	36.14486	-105.36829
Cherry Valley Cemetery	35.80809	-104.86082
El Rito Cemetery	36.14521	-105.36434
Fort Union Cemetery	35.91087	-105.03999
Golondrinas Cemetery	35.88174	-105.18692
Halls Peak Cemetery	36.23255	-105.07686
Hillside Cemetery	36.00634	-104.69584
Holman Cemetery	36.03837	-105.38362
Holman Presbyterian Cemetery	36.03848	-105.3832
Jager Cemetery	35.88655	-105.17555
Kroenig Cemetery	35.76429	-105.02202
La Cueva Cemetery	35.94476	-105.24878
La Morada Cemetery	36.026	-105.23182
La Sierra Cemetery	36.05308	-105.42723
Laumbachs Cemetery	35.8986	-105.25349
Lovato Cemetery	36.09417	-105.37606
Montoya Cemetery	36.05661	-105.22524
Mora Presbyterian Church Cemetery	35.9742	-105.33
Mountain View Cemetery	36.1017	-104.6697
Ocate Catholic Cemetery	36.17326	-105.0565
Paises Cemetery	36.09073	-104.48641
Presbyterian Cemetery	35.96266	-105.33362
Quintana Cemetery	35.93561	-105.36408
Sacred Heart Church Cemetery	35.97799	-105.20177
Saint Gertrude Cemetery	35.96447	-105.33281
Saint Joseph Cemetery	35.91762	-105.36135
Saint Vrain Cemetery	35.96555	-105.33663
San Antonio Cemetery	35.9993	-105.35847
San Antonio Cemetery	36.13614	-105.36834
San Isidro Cemetery	36.03669	-105.37556
San Yasdiro Cemetery	36.05612	-105.12028
Santa Clara Cemetery	36.0067	-104.6972
Santa Gertrudes Cemetery	35.9742	-105.33001
Strong Cemetery	36.18001	-105.02169
Tiptonville Cemetery	35.81465	-104.98765
Watrous Cemetery	35.80418	-105.00844

Historical populated places — 4 of 4

Name	Lat	Lon
Cherry Valley	35.79254	-104.84333
Halls Peak	36.23226	-105.07612
Nolan	36.16615	-104.67055
Santa Gertrudis	35.96392	-105.33251

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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