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Also known as Reserve, New Mexico, Reserve, NM

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reserve” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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