Orogrande, New Mexico

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Orogrande
CDP
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Orogrande
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 32°23′15″N106°06′01″W / 32.38750°N 106.10028°W / 32.38750; -106.10028
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Otero
Area
[1]
 • Total
5.68 sq mi (14.71 km2)
 • Land5.68 sq mi (14.71 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
4,282 ft (1,305 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
35
 • Density6.16/sq mi (2.38/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 ([[Eastern Time Zone]|Eastern (Est)]])
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
FIPS code 35-54500
GNIS feature ID2584170 [2]

Orogrande is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, located in the Jarilla Mountains of the Tularosa Basin on U.S. 54 between El Paso, Texas and Alamogordo. The community had a population of 52 in the 2010 census. [4]

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History

Originally a mining town named Jarilla Junction due to its proximity to the Jarilla Mountains, established in 1905, the town was renamed Orogrande (Spanish for big gold) in 1906 and is not far from similar mining towns (now completely abandoned ghost towns) named Brice and Ohaysi. [5] The population soared to approximately 2000 as the result of a gold rush that occurred in 1905, but quickly collapsed almost to the point of depopulation when the gold deposits proved much less abundant than expected. [6] There are still numerous abandoned mines in the area which fall under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. [7] Other land around Orogrande is part of a military reservation under the control of Fort Bliss.

The town holds the record temperature in New Mexico, at 116 degrees Fahrenheit. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 35—
U.S. Decennial Census [9] [3]

Education

It is zoned to Alamogordo Public Schools. [10] Yucca Elementary School is the zoned elementary school, [11] and Mountain View Middle School is the zoned middle school. [12] Alamogordo High School is the district's comprehensive high school.

On July 1, 1959 Orogrande became a part of the Alamogordo school district. [13] At that time elementary students went to school in Orogrande while high school students attended school in Alamogordo. In July 1959 the school district closed the Orogrande school as it felt all students could come to Alamogordo and the district could save money. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Orogrande, New Mexico
  3. 1 2 "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  5. ↑ http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/litegeology/15/lite-geo_15_spring_1996.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. ↑ "Orogrande - New Mexico Ghost Town".
  7. ↑ Orogrande and the Jarilla Mountains
  8. ↑ "New Mexico Weather". weather.nmsu.edu. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Otero County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Alamogordo Public Elementary Schools". Alamogordo Public Schools . Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Middle School Zone Maps Effective 2014-2015 School Year" (PDF). Alamogordo Public Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  13. ↑ "History of Alamogordo Public Schools". Alamogordo Public Schools. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Schools At Pinon, Orogrande Closed". Alamogordo Daily News . Vol. 64, no. 174. Alamogordo, New Mexico. July 24, 1959. p. 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.


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