Bent, New Mexico

Bent, New Mexico
Census-designated place
Bent, New Mexico
Coordinates: 33°08′35″N105°52′55″W / 33.14306°N 105.88194°W / 33.14306; -105.88194
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Otero
Area [1]
• Total	6.14 sq mi (15.90 km2)
• Land	6.14 sq mi (15.89 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation [2]	6,001 ft (1,829 m)
Population  (2020) [3]
• Total	150
• Density	24.45/sq mi (9.44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	88314
Area code	575
GNIS feature ID	2584054 [2]

Bent is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 150 as of the 2020 census. Bent has a post office with ZIP code 88314. ^{[4] [5]} U.S. Route 70 passes through the community.

History

A post office called Bent has been in operation since 1906. ^[6] The community has the name of George Bent, a businessperson in the local mining industry. ^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	119		—
2020	150		26.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [8] [3]

Education

Bent is within the Tularosa Municipal Schools district. ^[9]

Notable people

• Myrtle Scharrer Betz (1895-1992), Florida conservationist, fisherwoman, and author, whose family, from 1946 to 1954, spent summers at an orchard they owned in Bent. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bent, New Mexico
3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
5. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
6. "Otero County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
7. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 12.
8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
9. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Otero County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 27, 2021.
10. Betz, Myrtle Scharrer (2012). Caladesi Cookbook: Recipes from a Florida Lifetime, 1895-1992. Tampa, Florida: University of Tampa Press. p. 103. ISBN   978-159732095-5.
11. Betz, Myrtle Scharrer (2023) [1984]. Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise: the Story of Caladesi Island. Tampa, Florida: University of Tampa Press. p. 214. ISBN   978-159732033-7.