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56-651: Lordsburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County , New Mexico , United States. Hidalgo County includes the southern "bootheel" of New Mexico, along the Arizona border. The population was 2,797 at the 2010 census , down from 3,379 in 2000 . Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad . The Continental Divide Trail starts at the Crazy Cook Monument and travels through Lordsburg. Local lore

112-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

168-474: A desert climate ( BWk ). Typical for the more southerly and lower elevations of the Intermountain West, summers are extremely hot during the daytime, with maxima above 90 °F or 32.2 °C for over four months on an average of 122 afternoons during a full year. 100 °F or 37.8 °C is exceeded on average during 30 afternoons each year, and the record high of 114 °F (45.6 °C)

224-584: A city in Luna County , New Mexico , United States, 60 miles (97 km) west of Las Cruces and 35 miles (56 km) north of the Mexican border . The population was 14,758 as of the 2020 census . Deming is the county seat and principal community of Luna County. The city is within the Gadsden Purchase of 1853, which was acquired from Mexico specifically to provide a southern route for

280-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

336-425: A day or two. Temperatures in winter are sometimes below freezing at night, but winter days are generally mild and sunny. As of the census of 2000, there were 14,116 people, 5,267 households, and 3,628 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,512.0 inhabitants per square mile (583.8/km ). There were 6,192 housing units at an average density of 663.2 per square mile (256.1/km ). The racial makeup of

392-454: A female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.23. In the city, the population was: 30.9% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

448-468: A hot air balloon show, a Tournament of Ducks Parade, a carnival, and a variety of vendors setting up their wares in the Courthouse Square and surrounding property. Deming has two wineries. St. Clair Winery is New Mexico's largest winery. The Luna Rossa Winery is a local estate winery that produces all of its wines with varieties grown on their own vineyards. Residents attend schools in

504-468: A household in the city was $ 21,036, and the median income for a family was $ 28,026. Males had a median income of $ 25,952 versus $ 18,177 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 10,877. About 28.6% of families and 32.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 47.5% of those under age 18 and 19.3% of those age 65 or over. Lordsburg is the final destination in Stagecoach ,

560-703: A railroad to connect the United States with California. Deming was founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1902, and is named after Mary Ann Deming Crocker, wife of Charles Crocker , one of the Big Four of the California railroad industry. The Silver Spike was driven here on March 8, 1881, to commemorate the meeting of the Southern Pacific with the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific (a subsidiary of

616-672: A run in with a group of Mexicans in Lordsburg on her way back from Los Angeles . Lordsburg High School's mascot is the Maverick. Its school colors are orange and black. Students compete in football, volleyball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, cheer, and boys' and girls' track and field, baseball and softball. Lordsburg once had two radio stations. During the 1960s KLHS broadcast on 950 kHz AM with 1,000 watts days. This station later moved to Bayard , 55 miles (89 km) northeast of Lordsburg. The FCC later assigned 97.7 to KXKK in

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672-518: A total area of 16.7 square miles (43.3 km ), all land. The city is surrounded by land that appears flat, with wide rubble aprons around the nearby mountains and imperceptible grades in various directions. The Mimbres River floods the Deming area once a decade or so, in periods of unusually heavy rainfall in the Cookes Range and Black Range to the north. Deming and its surrounding area

728-670: Is also the closest major town to Silver City , 50 miles (80 km) north, and it provides access to the state of Chihuahua , Mexico , via the village of Columbus , 30 miles (48 km) to the south. Deming also sits astride one of the major railroad lines linking the East Coast with the West Coast, via the Southern Route. In 2006, the city's role in American homeland security expanded. Deming's industrial park became

784-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

840-621: Is that Billy the Kid washed dishes in Lordsburg hotel kitchens such as the Stratford Hotel, and La Fonda, the historic "inn at the end of the Santa Fe Trail" during his teenage years. Lordsburg is the birthplace of the official New Mexico state song, " O Fair New Mexico ". It was written by Lordsburg resident Elizabeth Garrett , the blind daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett . In 1917, Governor Washington Ellsworth Lindsey signed

896-554: Is underlain by an aquifer of good-quality water. The aquifer is slowly recharged primarily by water from the mountains to the north. The water usually has a high sulfur content. Deming is located within the Upper Chihuahuan Desert climate zone. The climate is dry, hot, and breezy. Summer temperatures often exceed 100 °F (38 °C), but the altitude (4,300 feet (1,300 m)) and dry air sometimes make summer days more comfortable than one would expect given

952-740: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ) railroads. This was the second transcontinental railroad to be completed in North America. Deming became an important port of entry near the US-Mexican border. A nickname was given to the city at the time of its founding, "New Chicago". It was expected that with the surge of railroad usage, that the city would grow drastically and resemble Chicago , Illinois . There are numerous ancient Native American sites around Deming. The Mimbres and Casas Grandes cultures made pottery of remarkable quality, and

1008-479: The Deming Public Schools . On January 2, 2013, Deming officers Bobby Orosco and Robert Chavez pulled over David W. Eckert for a rolling stop . Based on claim of "clenched buttocks", police obtained a search warrant and executed multiple cavity searches , surgeries and several other medical procedures on the driver. No drugs were found, and the driver was sent a bill for the procedures performed by

1064-577: The poverty line , including 47.4% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over. Deming's economy is based on transportation, real estate, agriculture, energy, retirement, tourism, and the United States Department of Homeland Security . United States Border Patrol vehicles comprise a large fraction of Deming area road traffic. Deming is the only major stop on Interstate 10 between Lordsburg , 60 miles (97 km) west, and Las Cruces , 60 miles (97 km) east. Deming

1120-424: The 1980s, now KPSA-FM ; this station has since moved to 98.5. Greyhound Lines maintains a terminal in Lordsburg. Grant County Airport,(49 miles) northeast of Lordsburg. County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In

1176-635: The 9th greatest Western film of all time according to the American Film Institute , starring John Wayne in his breakthrough role as the Ringo Kid, and directed by John Ford . In 1995, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry . In The Last Picture Show (novel) , Charlene recounts

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1232-425: The Deming area is rich in native pottery artifacts, as well as beads, stone implements, stone carvings, graves, etc. The artifacts are now on display at multiple museums. The city of Deming is governed by four elected council members and a Mayor. The mayor is elected by popular vote rather than by the council. All officers serve four-year terms. On Nov. 7, 2023, Michele "Micki" Shillito was elected mayor, and became

1288-553: The Lordsburg Internment Camp was opened, Private First Class Clarence Burleson, a sentry at the facility, allegedly shot two Japanese American internees under questionable circumstances. One of the victims, Hirota Isomura, apparently died instantly. The other, Toshiro Kobata, died before dawn. After a military investigation and court-martial , Burleson was found to have lawfully killed the two men. The camp operated until July 1943. The incident inspired an episode of

1344-474: The Seaman Fields House, an antique auto collection, a restored Harvey House restaurant, a doll collection, and a geological section. Nearby are City of Rocks State Park , with volcanic rock formations, and Rockhound State Park , offering mineral and rock collecting. The Great American Duck Race is held every year on the third weekend of August. It features wet and dry duck race tracks,

1400-884: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

1456-402: The city was 69.66% White , 1.37% Native American , 1.23% African American , 0.48% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 24.19% from other races , and 3.07% from two or more races. 64.58% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 5,267 households, out of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 15.5% had

1512-545: The city was 80.70% White , 0.56% African American , 0.77% Native American , 0.50% Asian , 13.97% from other races , and 3.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 74.43% of the population. There were 1,220 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 18.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who

1568-526: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

1624-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

1680-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1736-564: The few motels in the Southwest that would accept black guests ( El Paso being a notable exception), it was especially popular with black travelers in the mid-20th century during the end of legal segregation . There are 12 motels and hotels in Lordsburg. Over 300 rooms are available to guests. Lordsburg is in northern Hidalgo County, at the intersection of Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 70 . I-10 leads east 60 miles (97 km) to Deming and 120 miles (190 km) to Las Cruces , while to

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1792-475: The first woman to hold the office on Jan. 1, 2024. She succeeded Benny L. Jasso, who served as mayor from 2014 through 2023. The city council consists of the following representatives from four districts: Deming is north of the center of Luna County in the Basin and Range Province of North America. Interstate 10 runs through the north side of the city, leading east 60 miles (97 km) to Las Cruces and west

1848-409: The freakishly wet December 1991 when 4.55 inches (115.6 mm) fell from a series of subtropical cyclones, monthly rainfalls above 4.00 inches or 101.6 millimetres are restricted to the monsoon season: the wettest month between 1971 and 2000 was July 1981 with 5.34 inches (135.6 mm). The wettest day has been June 28 of 1981 with 3.00 inches or 76.2 millimetres. Snowfall is very rare; the median for

1904-477: The high temperature. Most precipitation occurs as thunderstorms and showers during the July–September monsoon period. Minor flooding sometimes occurs over large areas of flat ground. There are periods lasting from five to twenty years of relatively wet or dry years. Springtime is often windy, and dust storms can be severe, occasionally lasting for days. Snow is likely to fall in winter, but usually melts in

1960-627: The home of a Border Patrol training center, a 10-acre (4.0 ha) forward operating base named Border Wolf that supported Operation Jump Start . These temporary buildings at the airport have since been disassembled and removed. Since 1953, several motion pictures have been filmed in Deming: Airports Major highways Railroads The Deming Luna Mimbres museum, housed in the historic Deming Armory (1916) and Customs House , features an important collection of Mimbres Indian painted pottery, historic period-furnished rooms in

2016-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

2072-585: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

2128-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

2184-758: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

2240-625: The legislation making it the official state song. In 1928, John Philip Sousa presented Governor Arthur T. Hannett and the people of New Mexico an arrangement of the state song embracing a musical story of the Indian, the cavalry, the Spanish and the Mexican. The Lordsburg Municipal Airport (KLSB) began operations in the mid-1920's and was the first airport in New Mexico. Initially the airfield

2296-480: The mid-1970's one runway had to be relocated to permit the construction of Interstate 10 around Lordsburg and a new paved runway was then constructed. The airport is owned by the City of Lordsburg and is southeast, about one mile outside the city limits. Lordsburg held as many as 1,500 Japanese Americans in a Japanese American internment camp operated by the U.S. Army during World War II. On July 27, 1942, shortly after

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2352-557: The new Hawaii 5-0 series, "Ho'oani Makuakane", Episode 4/9 (original air date December 13, 2013). The camp at Lordsburg also held captured German and Italian soldiers. For many years, Lordsburg has been a popular rest stop for people traveling to and from the West Coast by car on Interstate 10 and its precursor highway, U.S. Route 80 . At 641 miles (1,032 km) from downtown Los Angeles , Lordsburg can comfortably be reached by car in less than one day. As Lordsburg had one of

2408-727: The provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

2464-553: The same distance to Lordsburg . U.S. Route 180 leads northwest from Deming 52 miles (84 km) to Silver City , while State Road 26 leads northeast 48 miles (77 km) to Hatch . State Road 11 leads south 32 miles (51 km) to Columbus and an additional 3 miles (5 km) to the Mexico–United States border at Puerto Palomas . According to the United States Census Bureau , Deming has

2520-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

2576-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

2632-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

2688-400: The west it leads 155 miles (249 km) to Tucson, Arizona . US 70 follows I-10 to the east out of Lordsburg but leads northwest 153 miles (246 km) to its terminus at Globe, Arizona . According to the United States Census Bureau , Lordsburg has a total area of 8.4 square miles (21.7 km), all land. Lordsburg has a semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSk ), just avoiding designation as

2744-464: The winter, with only 10.1 afternoons failing to reach 50 °F or 10 °C and only one afternoon every two years not topping freezing. Minima fall below freezing on an average of 108 mornings, but 0 °F or −17.8 °C has been reached only during two exceptional cold waves in January 1962 and December 1978, when the record low of −14 °F or −25.6 °C was reached on the 9th. Except for

2800-499: The year is zero and the mean only 3.5 inches or 0.09 metres; with the heaviest snowfall between 1971 and 2000 being of 11.0 inches or 0.28 metres during Christmas and Boxing Days, 1987. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,379 people (2,398 est. 2019), 1,220 households, and 854 families residing in the city. The population density was 403.1 inhabitants per square mile (155.6/km). There were 1,414 housing units at an average density of 168.7 per square mile (65.1/km). The racial makeup of

2856-410: Was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 20,081, and the median income for a family was $ 23,030. Males had a median income of $ 25,379 versus $ 16,462 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 10,943. About 28.5% of families and 32.9% of the population were below

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2912-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.31. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males. The median income for

2968-502: Was a cleared parcel of land where pilots could takeoff and land in any direction. Dirt runways were later constructed. In 1927, Lordsburg was one of the stops on Charles Lindbergh 's transcontinental Spirit of Saint Louis air tour. In the early 1950s the airport was served by the original Frontier Airlines (1950–1986) which flew DC-3s on a route from El Paso to Phoenix that included stops at Las Cruces , Deming , and Lordsburg, as well as Clifton , Safford , and Tucson, Arizona . In

3024-401: Was an independent city from 1968 to 2013, while also being the county seat of Bedford County . Bedford reverted to an incorporated town, and remains the county seat, though is now part of the county. The state with the most counties is Texas, with 254, and the state with the fewest counties is Delaware, with 3. Deming, New Mexico Deming ( / ˈ d ɛ m ɪ ŋ / , DEM-ing ) is

3080-635: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

3136-414: Was set during a notorious southwestern heatwave on June 27, 1994. Humidity in early summer is very low, but increases in late summer due to the monsoon , which, between July and early October brings the majority of the year's limited precipitation. From October temperatures cool off rapidly, and by November most mornings are below 32 °F or 0 °C, but afternoons remains comfortable to warm all through

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