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Curry County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- February 25, 1909
- Named after
- George Curry
- Seat
- Clovis
- Largest city
- Clovis
- Total
- 1,408 sq mi (3,650 km )
- Land
- 1,405 sq mi (3,640 km )
- Water
- 3.2 sq mi (8.3 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 46,655
- Density
- 34.5/sq mi (13.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .currycounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- George Curry
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Mexico
- Contains
- Clovis
- Capital
- Clovis
- Population
- 48430
- Area
- 3646
- Shares border with
- Quay County
- Official website
- www.currycounty.org
- Image
- Curry County NM Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 18620
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- Commons category
- Curry County, New Mexico
- topic's main category
- Category:Curry County, New Mexico
- inception
- 1909-02-25
- different from
- Curry County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Curry County
- per capita income
- 23897
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Encyclopedic overview
Curry County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 48,430. Its county seat is Clovis. The county is named in honor of George Curry, territorial governor of New Mexico from 1907 to 1910.
Curry County comprises the Clovis, New Mexico micropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Clovis–Portales combined statistical area. It is located on the far eastern state line, adjacent to Texas, forming part of the region of Eastern New Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Curry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.