Taiban, New Mexico

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Taiban, New Mexico
Unincorporated comumunity
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The now-abandoned Taiban Presbyterian Church was built in 1908, February 2008. [2]
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Taiban
Coordinates: 34°26′24″N104°00′33″W / 34.44000°N 104.00917°W / 34.44000; -104.00917
Country United States
State New Mexico
County De Baca
Elevation
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4,131 ft (1,259 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
88134
Area code 575
GNIS feature ID899942 [3]

Taiban is an unincorporated community in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States.

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Description

The community is located on New Mexico State Road 252 at U.S. Routes 60 and 84. Founded in 1906 as a ranching community, it was named for nearby Taiban Creek. [4]

The town is famous for being the location where Pat Garrett captured Billy the Kid and his associates on December 23, 1880.

See also

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References

  1. Application for Registration, New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
  2. ↑ Application for Registration, New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
  3. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taiban, New Mexico
  4. ↑ Kilmer, Harold (1999). "Taiban, New Mexico". Rootsweb . Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
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