New Mexico Ghost Towns

BERNALILLO County

• Founded 1852 ​

• County Seat: Albuquerque

• Largest City: Albuquerque 

CATRON County ​

• Founded February 25, 1921​

• County Seat: Reserve

• Largest City: Reserve

• Named for Thomas B. Catron 

CHAVES County

• ​Founded February 25, 1889

• County Seat: Roswell

• Largest City: Roswell

• Named for Jose Francisco Chavez  

CIBOLA county

• ​Founded June 19, 1981

• County Seat: Grants

• Largest City: Grants

• Named for Mythical Seven Cities of Cibola

COLFAX county

• ​Founded January 25, 1869

• County Seat: Raton

• Named for Schuyler Colfax 

CURRY county

• ​Founded February 25, 1909

• County Seat: Clovis

• Largest City: Clovis

• Named for George Curry

DE BACA county

• ​Founded February 28, 1917

• County Seat: Fort Sumner 

• Largest City: Village of Fort Sumner

• Named for Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca 

DONA ANA county 

• ​Founded 1852

• County Seat: Las Cruces

• Largest City: Las Cruces 

EDDY county

• ​Founded May 16, 1891

• County Seat: Carlsbad

• Largest City: Carlsbad

• Named for Charles Eddy, a local rancher 

GRANT county

• ​Founded 1868

• County Seat: Silver City 

• Largest City: Silver City

• Named for Ulysses S. Grant 

GUADALUPE county

• ​Founded February 26, 1891

• County Seat: Santa Rosa

• Largest City: Santa Rosa

• Named for Our Lady of Guadalupe 

Harding county

• Founded March 4, 1921

• County Seat: Mosquero

• Largest City: Village of Roy

• Named for Warren G. Harding 

Hidalgo county 

• ​Founded January 1, 1920

• County Seat: Lordsburg

• Largest City: Lordsburg

• Named for Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo

Lea county

• Founded March 17, 1917

• County Seat: Lovington

• Largest City: Hobbs

Lincoln county 

• ​Founded 1869 

• County Seat: Carrizozo

• Largest City: Ruidoso

• Named for Abraham Lincoln 

Los Alamos county

• Founded 1949

• County Seat: Los Alamos

• Largest City: Los Alamos 

Luna county

• ​Founded March 16, 1901

• County Seat: Deming 

• Largest City: Deming

• Named for Solomon Luna

McKinley County

• Founded January 1, 1901

• County Seat: Gallup

• Largest City: Gallup

• Named for William McKinley 

Mora county

• ​Founded February 1, 1860

• County Seat: Mora

• Largest Village: Mora 

• Named for Mora, New Mexico 

Otero county

• Founded January 30, 1899

• County Seat: Alamogordo 

• Largest City: Alamogordo

• Named for Miguel Antonio Otero

Quay county

• ​Founded February 28, 1903

• County Seat: Tucumcari 

• Largest City: Tucumcari

• Named for Matthew Quay

Rio Arriba county

• ​Founded 1852

• County Seat: Tierra Amarilla

• Largest City: Espanola 

• Named for location on the upper Rio Grande (rio arriba means "upriver" in Spanish) 

Roosevelt county 

• ​Founded February 28, 1903

• County Seat: Portales

• Largest City: Portales 

• Named for Theodore Roosevelt 

San Juan county 

• Founded February 24, 1887

• County Seat: Aztec

• Largest City: Farmington 

• Named for San Juan River 

San Miguel county

• Founded January 9, 1852 ​

• County Seat: Las Vegas

• Largest City: Las Vegas

• Named for San Miguel del Vado 

Sandoval county

• Founded 1903​

• County Seat: Bernalillo

• Largest City: Rio Rancho

• Named for Sandoval family 

Santa Fe County

• Founded​ 1852

• County Seat: Santa Fe 

• Largest City: Santa Fe

Sierra County

• Founded 1884​

• County Seat: Truth or Consequences 

• Largest City: Truth or Consequences 

• Named for the Black Range (Spanish: Sierra Diablo) 

Socorro county

• Founded ​January 9, 1852

• County Seat: Socorro

• Largest City: Socorro

Taos county

• Founded January 9, 1852​

• County Seat: Taos

• Largest City: Taos 

Torrance county

• Founded March 16, 1903​

• County Seat: Estancia

• Largest City: Moriarty 

Union county

• Founded January 1, 1894​

• County Seat: Clayton

• Largest City: Clayton

Valencia county 

• Founded January 9, 1852​

• County Seat: Los Lunas

• Largest City: Los Lunas

• Named for Valencia, New Mexico