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Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
7historic places
—earliest paper
1903formed
19,191pop. 2020
25cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Portales, Clovis, Milnesand.

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 Roosevelt titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

7 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Administration BuildingPortalesBuilding1988
Anderson Basin NHLClovisDistrict1966
Bank of PortalesPortalesBuilding1984
Davis MercantileMilnesandDistrict2018
Midway Service StationKennaBuilding2005
Roosevelt County CourthousePortalesBuilding2008
US Post Office-Portales MainPortalesBuilding1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Roosevelt was formed in 1903 (1903-02-28) from unknown / original county.

ROOSEVELT created by New Mexico Terr. from CHAVES and GUADALUPE (orig).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Roosevelt County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

20k13k6,548191019201960197020002020
19101920194019501960198020002020
12,0646,54814,54916,40916,19815,69518,01819,191

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

25 cemeteries and 7 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 25 of 25 listed
NameLatLon
Arch Cemetery34.12059-103.12681
Benson Cemetery34.20054-103.79047
Bethel Cemetery34.21472-103.49688
Bluitt Cemetery33.63611-103.14907
Causey Cemetery33.85077-103.14234
Eagle Hill Cemetery33.66082-103.46096
Eiland Cemetery34.11742-103.19648
Elida Cemetery33.96454-103.64877
Floyd Cemetery34.2139-103.58161
Inez Cemetery33.96729-103.14441
Ingram Cemetery34.11139-103.76372
Kenna Cemetery33.82879-103.77145
Kenna Cemetery33.84231-103.7719
Longs Cemetery33.92401-103.21225
Mount Zion Cemetery33.98254-103.3278
New Hope Cemetery33.78175-103.37522
Old Kenna Cemetery33.83459-103.75413
Perkins Memorial Cemetery33.63593-103.14883
Portales Cemetery34.18442-103.31991
Rest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery34.13386-103.33597
Richland Cemetery33.82876-103.28413
Spillman Cemetery33.81902-103.68105
Tolar Cemetery34.43357-103.91898
Upton Cemetery34.15549-103.65233
Upton Cemetery34.15535-103.65301
Historical populated places — 7 of 7
NameLatLon
Benson34.20036-103.79024
Eagle Hill33.65732-103.46079
Eiland34.11342-103.1955
Ingram34.11147-103.76385
Longs33.92398-103.21162
New Hope33.77676-103.37523
Red Lake33.93786-103.44051

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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