Colfax County, New Mexico Genealogy

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History
The Santa Fe Trail's Raton Pass offshoot brought settlers from the Eastern United States to join the existing Mexican and Native American populations. Colfax County was named for Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), the seventeenth Vice President of the United States. Detailed Historic and Cultural Overview.

Parent County
'''Taos County. ''' Taos County was one of the original nine counties created by the New Mexico Territory in 1852.

Boundary Changes
Colfax County was created in January 25,1869 from Mora County which was created from Taos County in 1860. Colfax County originally covered the entire Northeast corner of the state to the Texas border. In 1893 a portion of Colfax County was taken to create Union County. That area was divided again in 1921 to create Harding County.

The original county seat was the gold mining town of Elizabethtown. In 1872 it was moved to Cimarron a stage coach stop along the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail and home of the Maxwell Land Grant. In 1881, it was moved from Cimarron to Springer, a railroad town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. In 1897, after a bitter legislative fight the county seat was moved to Raton, an important coal mining town and railroad center.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, Colfax County has a total area of 3,768 square miles. Of which only 11 square miles of it is water. A large portion of the County lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Southern Rockies. The geography ranges from alpine meadows, foothills with their mining regions, aspen, pine and pinon forests, to the prairies and cattle lands of the plains.

Populated Places
 County Seat:     Raton         County Population:  14,189 (2000 US Census);    2004 estimate is 13,183

Neighboring Counties

 * Costilla County, Colorado
 * Harding
 * Las Animas County, Colorado
 * Mora
 * Taos

Abbott
Abbott Cemetery, North Abbott Cemetery

Hollenbeck Cemetery - Point of Rocks Mesa

Saus Creek Cemetery

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Angel Fire
Kaplan Cemetery

United Church of Angel Fire Cemetery

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Agua Dulce
Agua Dulce Cemetery

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Black Lake
Black Lake Cemetery

Espinoza Cemetery

San Antonio Cemetery

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Caliente Canyon
Catskill Cemetery

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Cimarron
Cimarron Canyon

Cimarron Cemetery / Mountain View Cemetery

Maxwell Family Cemetery

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Colmor
Colmor Cemetery

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Dawson
Dawson Cemetery

J. B. Dawson Family Cemetery

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Eagle Nest
Eagle Nest Cemetery

Gallagher Cemetery

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Elizabethtown
Elizabethtown Cemetery

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Johnson Mesa
Johnson Mesa Cemetery or Saint John's Methodist Church Cemetery

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Kiowa
Mountain View Cemetery

Mountainview Cemetery

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Loco Arroyo
Herrera Cemetery

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Maxwell
Herrera Cemetery

Maxwell Cemetery

Wilson Cemetery - Pine Buttes

Vermejo Cemetery

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Miami
Miami Cemetery

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Otero
Otero Cemetery

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Palo Blanco Mountain
Palo Blanco Mountain Cemetery

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Pine Buttes
Wilson Cemetery

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Point of Rocks Mesa
Hollenbeck Cemetery

Point of Rocks Cemetery

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Ponil Park
Livingston Cemetery

Ponil Park Cemetery

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Raton
Fairfax Cemetery

Fairmont Cemetery

Fairview Presbyterian Cemetery

Mount Calvary Cemetery

St. Johns Methodist Church Cemetery

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Rayado
Abreu Cemetery

Valdez Cemetery

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Ring Place
Livingston Cemetery

Ponil Park Cemetery

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Seeley
Ponil Park Cemetery

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Springer
Agua Dulce Cemetery

Springer Cemetery

Sweet Water Cemetery

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Sweet Water
Sweet Water Cemetery

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Tinaja
Tinaja Cemetery

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Touch Me Not Mountain
Jackson Cemetery

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Trinchera Pass
Kelleher Cemetery

Pacheco Cemetery

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Ute Park
Jackson Cemetery - Touch Me Not Mountain

Livingston Cemetery - Ring Place - Ponil Park

Ponil Park Cemetery - Seeley

See Details on Ute Park Area Cemeteries

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog