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Raton
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city in and county seat of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Colfax
- Total
- 7.96 sq mi (20.62 km )
- Land
- 7.96 sq mi (20.62 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 6,559 ft (1,999 m)
- Density
- 760/sq mi (293/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-07:00 ( MST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-06:00 ( MDT )
- Fips code
- 35-62060
- Website
- ratonnm .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Raton
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Colfax County
- Population
- 6041
- Area
- 20.617773
- Elevation
- 2036
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Capital of
- Colfax County
- Official website
- www.ratonnm.gov
- Image
- Revised Downtown Raton, NM IMG 5008.JPG
- Households
- 3145
- Dialing code
- 575
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- Category:Raton, New Mexico
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- Raton, New Mexico
- postal code
- 87740
- P8168
- Osmo Kaila
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 22073
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Raton (/rəˈtoʊn/ rə-TONE) is a city in and the county seat of Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico, United States. The city is located just south of Raton Pass. The city is also located about 6.5 miles south of the New Mexico–Colorado border and 85 miles west of Oklahoma. At the 2020 census, its population was 6,041.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.