Springer, New Mexico
Springer, New Mexico | ||
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FIPS code 35-74800 | | |
| GNIS feature ID | 0895273 | |
Springer is a
History
In 1877, William T Thornton, representing the Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company commissioned Melvin Whitson Mills to "sell, locate, survey, map and plat, and lay out town site, no exceeding three hundred and twenty acres". Judge Mills selected a location along the Cimarron called Las Garzas and laid out the townsite and graded the streets. The Maxwell Land Grand and Railway Company conveyed the deed to Mills on 31 March 1880. The deed bequeathed the town Maxwell, but by 1883 according to the deed for the Mills Mansion, it was named Springer after two brothers: Charles Springer, a rancher near Cimarron and brother Frank, a lawyer and official of the Maxwell Land Grant Company.[4]
The town was the
The Springer Correctional Center, operated by the New Mexico Corrections Department, is located 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Springer. The correctional center is one of New Mexico's oldest detention facilities, having begun operation in 1909 as the New Mexico Boys' School.[5]
Geography
Springer is located in southern Colfax County at 36°21′50″N 104°35′37″W / 36.36389°N 104.59361°W (36.363976, -104.593491).
According to the United States Census Bureau, Springer has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), all land.[3]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1910 | 550 | — | |
| 1920 | 915 | 66.4% | |
| 1930 | 957 | 4.6% | |
| 1940 | 1,314 | 37.3% | |
| 1950 | 1,558 | 18.6% | |
| 1960 | 1,564 | 0.4% | |
| 1970 | 1,574 | 0.6% | |
| 1980 | 1,657 | 5.3% | |
| 1990 | 1,262 | −23.8% | |
| 2000 | 1,285 | 1.8% | |
| 2010 | 1,047 | −18.5% | |
| 2020 | 931 | −11.1% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7][2] | |||
As of the
There were 520 households, out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 14.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 5.2% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $27,850, and the median income for a family was $34,563. Males had a median income of $24,479 versus $19,000 for females. The
Notable people
- Antoun Saadeh - Lebanese politician and founder of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party
- Fred Graham - athlete and actor
- Ernest Medina - former captain of infantry in the United States Army
- U.S. House of Representatives, 1943 - 1956
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Springer town, New Mexico". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ISBN 0-8263-0082-0
- ^ "Springer Correctional Center, Springer". New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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