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Chaves County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- February 25, 1889
- Named after
- José Francisco Chaves
- Seat
- Roswell
- Largest city
- Roswell
- Total
- 6,075 sq mi (15,730 km )
- Land
- 6,065 sq mi (15,710 km )
- Water
- 9.8 sq mi (25 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 63,364
- Density
- 11/sq mi (4.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 2nd , 3rd
- Website
- co .chaves .nm .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 65157
- Area
- 15734
- Official website
- co.chaves.nm.us
- Image
- Chaves County New Mexico Court House west side.jpg
- Households
- 23641
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- Commons category
- Chaves County, New Mexico
- inception
- 1889-02-25
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Chaves County
- per capita income
- 23413
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Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,157. Its county seat is Roswell. Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and later in Navajo campaigns. The county was created by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on February 25, 1889, out of land from Lincoln County.
Chaves County comprises the Roswell, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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