Colmor, Colfax County, New Mexico Genealogy

Location:                          Colmor is 15 miles north of Wagon Mound off of I-25 and about a mile

east on short paved road. (There is a freeway exit for Colmor)

GPS:                                 Latitude: N; Longitude: - W.

Elevation:

Map:                                 Interactive Map.

Photos:                             For photos of Main Street, houses, school, ruins, and environs click here.

Post Office:                       Established

Cemetery:

Census Data:                    For an alphabet list of the households on the 1900 US Federal Census,

click here.

Details:                            The name was derived from the conjunction of two county names "Col from Colfax County and Mor from Mora County". It is on the border of both counties. The town depended on ranching and the railroad. At one time there were as many as 450 residents. The remains of Colmor are 12 intact houses, school, gas station, which make up the main street and the abandoned train depot is east across the tracks. It appears that a fire gutted a portion of the town, including the impressive school house. It is now a ranching community. Cattle and overgrown trees claim the area.

Family history links:

Sources:

1. Ghosttowns: Colmor. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/colmor.html