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Roosevelt 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
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Seat
- Portales
- Largest city
- Portales
- Total
- 2,455 sq mi (6,360 km )
- Land
- 2,447 sq mi (6,340 km )
- Water
- 7.2 sq mi (19 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,615
- Density
- 7.8/sq mi (3.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .rooseveltcounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Roosevelt County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,191. Its county seat is Portales. The county was created in 1903 from Chaves and Guadalupe counties and named for the then-current President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. The county's eastern border is the Texas state line. Roosevelt County comprises the Portales, NM Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Clovis–Portales, NM Combined Statistical Area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roosevelt County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.