Reserve
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village in and county seat of Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Catron
- Total
- 0.56 sq mi (1.44 km )
- Land
- 0.56 sq mi (1.44 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 5,860 ft (1,790 m)
- Density
- 525.9/sq mi (203.06/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 35-62620
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Encyclopedic overview
Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. The town population was 293 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Catron County. Currently the village has two grocery stores, a hardware store, a bar, fairgrounds, and a health clinic. It is the site where Elfego Baca held off a gang of Texan cowboys who wanted to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarty.
History
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