Mora County, New Mexico
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Mora County (
History
Prior to
Spanish period
Mexican period, and permanent settlement
Mora valley was more formally and broadly settled in 1835.
Texan and Mexican–American War periods
When the
During the Mexican–American War, beginning on April 25, 1846, much of New Mexico including Mora County was subject to the military occupation of United States under martial law. During the Taos Revolt of the war, Mexican-nationalist Hispano and Puebloan militia fought the United States Army, repelling a small force in the First Battle of Mora on January 24, 1847, only to endure the village and surrounding ranches, farms, and crops being burned to the ground in the Second Battle of Mora on February 1, effectively ending active rebellion in the area. The provisional government's first legislature met on December 6, 1847, beginning American civil government in the region.
In the United States
The Mexican–American War ended February 3, 1848, with Mora Valley and rest of the region then under formal US control, as the Mexican Cession of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo relinquished all claims by Mexico to lands north of the Rio Grande. Still claimed by state of Texas until the Compromise of 1850, the New Mexico Territory, with smaller boundaries, was formalized on September 9 of that year.
A US Army installation,
New Mexico (with reduced land area) became the 47th US state on January 6, 1912, despite concerns in Congress that the population was insufficiently assimilated into American culture, especially after an influx of Mexican refugees from 1910 onward, fleeing the Mexican Revolution. These newcomers mostly settled far south of Mora County, though it remained primarily Spanish-speaking, as it was still largely populated by the same, now-expanded, families who had settled the area three-quarters of a century earlier). On February 21, 1916, Special Master William E. Gortner sold off unallotted common lands of the Mora Grant to the State Investment Company and Edward B. Wheeler in an auction at the door of the San Miguel County Courthouse.[8][9] Without access to the grazing and timbering lands, many residents sought work outside Mora.[8]
In April 2013, Mora County became the first county in the United States to ban oil and gas drilling on public and private lands.[10][11]
The modern
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Colfax County – north
- Harding County – east
- San Miguel County – south
- Santa Fe County – west
- Rio Arriba County – west
- Taos County – northwest
National protected areas
- Carson National Forest (part)
- Fort Union National Monument
- Kiowa National Grassland (part)
- Santa Fe National Forest (part)
- Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1910 | 12,611 | — | |
1920 | 13,915 | 10.3% | |
1930 | 10,322 | −25.8% | |
1940 | 10,981 | 6.4% | |
1950 | 8,720 | −20.6% | |
1960 | 6,028 | −30.9% | |
1970 | 4,673 | −22.5% | |
1980 | 4,205 | −10.0% | |
1990 | 4,264 | 1.4% | |
2000 | 5,180 | 21.5% | |
2010 | 4,881 | −5.8% | |
2020 | 4,189 | −14.2% | |
US Decennial Census[13] 1790–1960[14] 1900–1990[15] 1990–2000[16] 2010[17] |
2000 census
As of the
There were 2,017 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. Of all households, 26.90% were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 102 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.2 males.
The median income for a household in the county was
2010 census
As of the
Of the 2,114 households, 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.7% were non-families, and 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 46.0 years.[19]
The median income for a household in the county was $37,784 and the median income for a family was $42,122. Males had a median income of $42,992 versus $42,630 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,035. About 10.5% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the
Places of interest
Communities
Village
Census-designated places
Unincorporated communities
Former communities
- Valmora (now a private retreat center)
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 903 | 33.62% | 1,745 | 64.97% | 38 | 1.41% |
2016 | 665 | 27.24% | 1,536 | 62.93% | 240 | 9.83% |
2012 | 595 | 22.79% | 1,955 | 74.88% | 61 | 2.34% |
2008 | 569 | 20.62% | 2,168 | 78.55% | 23 | 0.83% |
2004 | 928 | 32.84% | 1,876 | 66.38% | 22 | 0.78% |
2000 | 668 | 30.49% | 1,456 | 66.45% | 67 | 3.06% |
1996 | 561 | 23.43% | 1,646 | 68.76% | 187 | 7.81% |
1992 | 668 | 27.59% | 1,555 | 64.23% | 198 | 8.18% |
1988 | 923 | 36.27% | 1,601 | 62.91% | 21 | 0.83% |
1984 | 1,017 | 44.47% | 1,235 | 54.00% | 35 | 1.53% |
1980 | 1,037 | 43.48% | 1,274 | 53.42% | 74 | 3.10% |
1976 | 904 | 38.29% | 1,438 | 60.91% | 19 | 0.80% |
1972 | 1,165 | 50.26% | 1,135 | 48.96% | 18 | 0.78% |
1968 | 1,155 | 50.97% | 1,069 | 47.18% | 42 | 1.85% |
1964 | 1,014 | 40.13% | 1,509 | 59.72% | 4 | 0.16% |
1960 | 1,349 | 48.06% | 1,458 | 51.94% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 1,736 | 58.47% | 1,233 | 41.53% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 1,849 | 56.61% | 1,413 | 43.26% | 4 | 0.12% |
1948 | 1,893 | 55.08% | 1,541 | 44.84% | 3 | 0.09% |
1944 | 1,783 | 55.56% | 1,425 | 44.41% | 1 | 0.03% |
1940 | 2,440 | 55.44% | 1,960 | 44.54% | 1 | 0.02% |
1936 | 2,259 | 47.81% | 2,460 | 52.06% | 6 | 0.13% |
1932 | 1,444 | 32.77% | 2,962 | 67.21% | 1 | 0.02% |
1928 | 1,998 | 52.62% | 1,799 | 47.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 2,197 | 50.90% | 2,087 | 48.35% | 32 | 0.74% |
1920 | 2,478 | 52.89% | 2,179 | 46.51% | 28 | 0.60% |
1916 | 1,590 | 51.16% | 1,505 | 48.42% | 13 | 0.42% |
1912 | 1,022 | 43.83% | 1,002 | 42.97% | 308 | 13.21% |
Mora County has voted for the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in every election since 1976; prior to that, it leaned Republican.
Education
School districts:[24]
- Las Vegas City Public Schools
- Mora Independent Schools
- Wagon Mound Public Schools
See also
References
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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- ^ US Congress, Senate, Committee on Military Affairs, "Title to Certain Military and Timber Reservations", Senate Report 621, 45th Congress, 3rd Session, 1879, pp. 3-4
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- ^ Shadow, Robert D.; Rodrìguez-Shadow, Maria (1995). "From Reparticiòn to Partition: A History of the Mora Land Grant, 1835–1916". New Mexico Historical Review. 70 (3): 257–298. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
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- ^ Baynham, Jacob (June 2014). "The Mother of All Anti-fracking Tools – Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition". Outside Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2014 – via DeepGreenResistance.org.
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- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
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- ^ a b c "DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ^ "DP02 Selected Social Characteristics in the United States – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
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