Springer, New Mexico

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Springer, New Mexico
Town
Downtown Springer, NM IMG 0546.JPG
Downtown Springer (2008)
Colfax County New Mexico Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Springer Highlighted.svg
Location within Colfax County and New Mexico
Coordinates: 36°21′50″N104°35′37″W / 36.36389°N 104.59361°W / 36.36389; -104.59361
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Colfax
Area
[1]
 • Total2.26 sq mi (5.84 km2)
 • Land2.20 sq mi (5.71 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation
5,797 ft (1,767 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total931
 • Density422.41/sq mi (163.09/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
87729, 87747
Area code 575
FIPS code 35-74800
GNIS feature ID0895273

Springer is a town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 1,047 at the 2010 census. [3]

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History

Former Colfax County Courthouse is now a historical museum Former courthouse in Springer, NM IMG 0543.JPG
Former Colfax County Courthouse is now a historical museum

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 county seat of Colfax County from 1882—1897 and keeps the former Courthouse as a museum. The location was chosen due to anticipation of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway coming and as it was halfway between the Mountain Branch and Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail.

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″N104°35′37″W / 36.36389°N 104.59361°W / 36.36389; -104.59361 (36.363976, -104.593491). [6] It is in the valley of the Cimarron River, 6 miles (10 km) west of where that river flows into the Canadian River.

Interstate 25 passes along the west side of the town, with access from exits 412 and 414. I-25 leads north 40 miles (64 km) to Raton, the county seat, and southwest 68 miles (109 km) to Las Vegas. The western terminus of U.S. Routes 56 and 412 is in the center of Springer. The two routes together lead 82 miles (132 km) east to Clayton.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Springer has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2), all land. [3]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910 550—
1920 91566.4%
1930 9574.6%
1940 1,31437.3%
1950 1,55818.6%
1960 1,5640.4%
1970 1,5740.6%
1980 1,6575.3%
1990 1,262−23.8%
2000 1,2851.8%
2010 1,047−18.5%
2020 931−11.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [7] [2]

As of the census [8] of 2000, there were 1,285 people, 520 households, and 372 families residing in the town. The population density was 876.6 inhabitants per square mile (338.5/km2). There were 605 housing units at an average density of 412.7 per square mile (159.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 79.46% White, 1.09% Native American, 14.94% from other races, and 4.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 69.96% of the population.

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 per capita income for the town was $14,606. About 14.9% of families and 16.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.0% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

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References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ Pearce, T.M.,editor, New Mexico Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary, University of New Mexico Press 1965. ISBN   0-8263-0082-0
  5. ↑ "Springer Correctional Center, Springer". New Mexico Corrections Department. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
  6. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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