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Quay County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Founded
- February 28, 1903
- Named after
- Matthew Quay
- Seat
- Tucumcari
- Largest city
- Tucumcari
- Total
- 2,882 sq mi (7,460 km )
- Land
- 2,874 sq mi (7,440 km )
- Water
- 7.2 sq mi (19 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,454
- Density
- 3.043/sq mi (1.175/km )
- Entire county legally
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Nara visa unofficially
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Zip codes
- 88121, 88426, 88427, 88430, 88433, 88434, 88401, 88411
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- quaycounty-nm .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Matthew Quay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Mexico
- Contains
- Tucumcari
- Capital
- Tucumcari
- Population
- 8746
- Area
- 7464
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Shares border with
- Oldham County
- Official website
- quaycounty-nm.gov
- Image
- Quay County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3182
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- Commons category
- Quay County, New Mexico
- topic's main category
- Category:Quay County, New Mexico
- inception
- 1887-01-28
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Quay County
- per capita income
- 21594
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Quay County, New Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Quay County (/ˈkweɪ/) is a county in the state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 8,746. Its county seat is Tucumcari. The county was named for Pennsylvania senator Matthew Quay, who supported statehood for New Mexico. Its eastern border is the Texas state line, approximately 103.04 degrees west longitude.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quay County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.