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Name | Chaves |
Alt names | Chaves | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
Type | County |
Coordinates | 34.0°N 105°W |
Located in | New Mexico, United States (1889 - ) |
See also | Curry, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | DeBaca, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lea, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lincoln, New Mexico, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Roosevelt, New Mexico, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Chaves County is a county in New Mexico, United States. As of the 2019 census, the population was 64,615. Its county seat is Roswell. Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military leader there during the Civil War and later in Navajo campaigns. The county was created by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on February 25, 1889, out of land from Lincoln County.
Chaves County comprises the Roswell, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1900 | 4,773
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1910 | 16,850
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1920 | 12,075
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1930 | 19,549
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1940 | 23,980
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1950 | 40,605
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1960 | 57,649
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1970 | 43,335
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1980 | 51,103
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1990 | 57,849
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External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nmchaves/
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