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Place Information Name Lea Alternate names Lea     (Getty Vocabulary Program) Type County Located in New Mexico, United States     (1917 - ) See also Chaves, New Mexico, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Eddy, New Mexico, United States     (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)) Contained Places Larger map Deserted settlement Antelope Beauty ( 1830 - 1930 ) Borger Causey Cooper ( 1880 - 1970 ) Crile Eden Valley Eldorado Henry Jenkins King Lynch Mexico City Micho Midway Mitchell Pioneer Plainview Record Scott Staubro ( 1880 - 1940 ) Inhabited place Air Base City Andrews Place Arkansas Junction Baird Place Bennett Buckeye Caprock Cotton Place Crossroads Eunice Gladiola Halfway Hillburn City Hobbs Humble City Jal Jones City Knowles Lea Lovington Maljamar McDonald Medlin Place Monument Nadine Ochoa Oil Center Peveler Place Prairieview Tatum Watching Page

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names source: Family History Library Catalog the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia Lea County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population was 55,511. Its county seat is Lovington6. Contents 1 Timeline 2 Population History 3 Research Tips 4 External links [edit section] Timeline Date Event Source 1917 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1917 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1917 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1918 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources 1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 [edit section] Population History source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990 Census Year Population 1920 3,545 1930 6,144 1940 21,154 1950 30,717 1960 53,429 1970 49,554 1980 55,993 1990 55,765 [edit section] Research Tips [edit section] External links www.rootsweb.com/~nmlea/ This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc. This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Lea County, New Mexico. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.

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