Cimarron, New Mexico Cimarron, New Mexico Downtown Cimarron Downtown Cimarron Location of Cimarron, New Mexico Location of Cimarron, New Mexico Cimarron, New Mexico is positioned in the US Cimarron, New Mexico - Cimarron, New Mexico State New Mexico Cimarron is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States which sits on the easterly slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Cimarron sits on the Cimarron River, a tributary to the 900 mile long Canadian River whose headwaters are at the Eagle Nest Dam, with the chief part of town lying along U.S.
The village is surrounded on all sides by various ranches, including Philmont Scout Ranch, an extensive "high-adventure base" directed by the Boy Scouts of America.
Philmont is positioned just four miles south of Cimarron.
The Elliott Barker State Wildlife Area, the Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest, and Cimarron Canyon State Park., are also positioned inside the Cimarron area.
17 miles and 28 miles to the northeast is Dawson, New Mexico, a ghost town with a populace of over 9,000 near the early 20th century, and the Raton Municipal Airport, in the order given.
To avoid the harsh conditions, lack of water, and attacks from Indians along the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, wagon traffic used the initial Mountain Route amid the 1840s.
Even with the general consensus, the Cimarron cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail does not go through the village.
Maxwell, a fur trapper, came to the Beaubien-Miranda Ranch in northern New Mexico and courted and married Luz Beaubien, one of the owner's six daughters.
It is preserved as the Old Mill Museum, directed by the Cimarron Historical Society.
Cimarron was officially chartered in 1859 and was titled for the Spanish word used to describe a mustang, meaning "wild" or "unbroken".
Cimarron was the governmental center of county of Colfax County beginning in 1872, when it replaced Elizabethtown.
At that time, Cimarron was a stage stop on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail.
Laid tracks from Raton to Ute Park, with the intent to haul coal between Raton and Cimarron.
Soon after the tracks were laid through town, tracks were also laid 22 miles up Ponil Canyon by the Cimarron and Northwestern Railway Company, to haul timber from the encircling mountain peaks, which were loaded with douglas fir and ponderosa pine.
The barns business bringed its timber to the Continental Tie and Lumber Company, positioned in Cimarron, NM, who made barns ties and timber supports for close-by coal mines.
Cimarron continues to thrive, in part due to its adjacency to Philmont Scout Ranch, as well as summer tourism.
As a tribute to many dedicated crew members, the USS Cimarron's key artifacts were donated to Cimarron, since it is the closest village to the Cimarron River.
The ship's bell now stands in front of the village's high school, Cimarron High School.
Cimarron is positioned in west-central Colfax County at 36 30 34 N 104 54 56 W (36.509467, -104.915496), on the north bank of the Cimarron River where it emerges from the Cimarron Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Route 64 passes through the village, dominant west up the Cimarron Canyon 23 miles (37 km) to Eagle Nest and northeast 40 miles (64 km) to Raton, the Colfax County seat.
New Mexico State Road 58 leads east from Cimarron 19 miles (31 km) to Interstate 25 north of Springer.
West of Cimarron is the Palisades Sill, with high cliffs encircling a modest flow of the Cimarron River.
Cimarron has a borderline cool semi-arid climate (Koppen BSk) closely bordering on a subtropical highland climate, with summers featuring cool evenings and warm days with incessant thunderstorms, and cold winters with occasional heavy snowfall.
Climate data for Cimarron According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village of Cimarron has a total region of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all land. Old Aztec Mill in Cimarron In the village, the populace was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Cimarron Historic District and Old Town Cimarron Canyon State Park Cimarron Historic District James Hotel (Cimarron, New Mexico) a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cimarron village, New Mexico".
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Municipalities and communities of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
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