Eddy County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,314. Its county seat and largest city is Carlsbad. The county was created in 1891 and later organized in 1892. It is north of the Texas state line.
Carlsbad is a city in and the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 32,238. Carlsbad is centered at the intersection of U.S. Routes 62/180 and 285, and is the principal city of the Carlsbad-Artesia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which has a total population of 55,435. Located in the southeastern part of New Mexico, Carlsbad straddles the Pecos River and sits at the eastern edge of the Guadalupe Mountains.
Bluewater Village is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. Its population in 2010 was 628.
Watrous is a census-designated place in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 135 as of the 2010 census. Watrous has a post office with ZIP code 87753, which opened on April 14, 1868. The community is located along Interstate 25. It was named after merchant and landowner Samuel Watrous, who moved to New Mexico from Vermont in 1835.
Continental Divide is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
Canjilon is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 256 as of the 2010 census. Canjilon has a post office with ZIP code 87515. The community is located along New Mexico State Road 115. Canjilon was first settled in 1870, and by 1880, 35 families lived here.
Cordova is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
Newkirk is a village in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at the junction of Interstate 40 and New Mexico State Road 129; historic U.S. Route 66 also passes through the community. Its population was 7 as of the 2010 census. Newkirk has a post office serving ZIP Code 88431, and a service station. It is part of the Newkirk Census Designated Place (CDP).
Blanco is a census-designated place in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 388 as of the 2010 census. Blanco has a post office with ZIP code 87412, which opened on March 6, 1901. U.S. Route 64 passes through the community.
Loco Hills is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 126 as of the 2010 census. Loco Hills has a post office with ZIP code 88255. U.S. Route 82 passes through the community.
Malaga is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 147 as of the 2010 census. Malaga has a post office with ZIP code 88263. U.S. Route 285 passes through the community. Formerly known as Kirkwell, Malaga was founded in the 1890s by Swiss immigrants and was named after the Spanish city of Málaga. Italian laborers were recruited to farm the area, and many settled in Malaga.
Nogal is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 96 as of the 2010 census. Nogal has a post office with ZIP code 88341, which opened on November 9, 1880.
Los Ojos is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 125 as of the 2010 census. Los Ojos has a post office with ZIP code 87551, which opened on February 7, 1877. The community is located near U.S. routes 64 and 84.
San Cristobal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. Its population was 273 as of the 2010 census. San Cristobal has a post office with ZIP code 87564, which opened on February 16, 1932.
Lemitar is a census-designated place in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 330 as of the 2010 census. Lemitar has a post office with ZIP code 87823. Exit 156 on Interstate 25 serves the community.
Garfield is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 137 at the time of the 2010 census. Garfield has a post office with ZIP code 87936, which opened on September 19, 1896. The community is located on New Mexico State Road 187 south of Exit 51 of Interstate 25.
Winston is a census-designated place in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 61 as of the 2010 census. Winston has a post office with ZIP code 87943, which opened on August 15, 1881. The community was named for Frank Winston, a pioneer miner. New Mexico State Road 52 passes through the community.
Medanales is an unincorporated community located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on the Chama River near U.S. Route 84, 14 miles (23 km) north-northwest of Española. Medanales has a post office with ZIP code 87548, which opened on March 10, 1945.
Happy Valley is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 519 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the western edge of Carlsbad; New Mexico State Road 524 passes through the area. The town was settled as a farming community before potash was manufactured here. It was named because the lack of land use regulations made residents happy.
Livingston Wheeler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 609 as of the 2010 census. The community is located on the southeastern edge of Carlsbad along New Mexico State Road 216.
