- Name
- Mora
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- Alternate names
- Mora (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Located in
- New Mexico, United States (1860 - )
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- See also
- Colfax, New Mexico, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Harding, New Mexico, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- San Miguel, New Mexico, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Taos, New Mexico, United States (Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Union, New Mexico, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Deserted settlement
- Chapadero
- Cherry Valley ( 1880 - 1940 )
- Encierre
- Fort Union ( 1850 - 1900 )
- La Cebolleta
- Las Manuelas
- Nolan ( 1880 - 1960 )
- Santiago
- Upper Mora
- Vanderitos
- Weber ( 1860 - 1940 )
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- Inhabited place
- Abuelo
- Alamito
- Buena Vista
- Canoncito
- Cañon
- Chacon
- Ciruela
- Cleveland
- Cordillera
- El Alto
- El Turquillo
- Gascon
- Golondrinas
- Guadalupita
- Halls Peak
- Holman
- La Cueva
- La Jara
- Ledoux
- Levy
- Loma Parda
- Los Cisneros
- Los Cocas
- Los Huerros
- Los LeFebres
- Los Medinas
- Lucero
- Monte Aplanado
- Mora
- Naranjos
- North Carmen
- Ocate
- Ojo Feliz
- Optimo
- Pacheco Village
- Puertocito
- Rainsville
- Santa Gertrudis
- South Carmen
- Tiptonville
- Vallecitos
- Valmora
- Wagon Mound
- Watrous
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Mora County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of 2000, the population is 5,180. Its county seat is Mora6.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Prior to Spanish conquest, the Mora area was Indian country. Although not an area of heavy Indian settlement by such tribes as the Pueblo Indians, the Mora valley was much used by nomadic tribes: the Utes, Navajos and Apache. Throughout the 19th century, Indian raids were common.
The Mora Valley then became a travel-way for various Spanish explorers and others. It was not settled until the early part of the 19th century. The history of the settlement of Mora dates to 1817 when a group of settlers petitioned for a priest. http://www.nmgs.org/Chrchs-Mora.htm The next significant event was the Mexican Land Grant through which on September 28 1835 Governor Albino Pérez, the governor of the New Mexico Territory, gave land title for over 800,000 acres to some 25 families.
The original grantees of Mora were:
- Juan Lorenzo Alico
- Carmen Arce
- Jose Maestas Archuleta
- Manuel Arguella
- Felipe Arguello
- Francisco Arguello
- Miguel Arguello
- Felipe Carbajal
- Francisco Coven
- Juan B. Cruz
- Jose Maria Garcia
- Juan Antonio Garcia
- Miguel Garcia
- Tomas Encarnacion Garcia
- Ignacio Gonzalez
- Francisco Lara
- Gabriel Lujan
- Jose Ignacio Madrid
- Bernardo Martin
- Geronimo Martin
- Manuel Gregorio Martin
- Miguel Mascarenas
- Cruz Medina
- Cecilio Montano
- Jose Guadalupe Ortega
- Manuel Paez
- Miguel Paez
- Ildefonso Pacheco
- Jose Miguel Pacheco
- Mateo Ringinel
- Carlos Rinto
- Carlos Salazar
- Maria Dolores Sanches
- Francisco Sandoval
- Manuel Sanchez
- Francisco Sena
- Manuel Suazo
- Jose Tapia
- Antonio Alba Trujillo
- Juan Cristobal Trujillo
- Juan Trujillo
- Esteban Valdez
"Mora" is actually today three plazas and three villages; Mora, Cleveland (originally San Antonio) and Chacon. Holman (originally Agua Negra) lies between Chacon and Cleveland.
Historical and genealogical records for Mora are difficult to obtain for a number of reasons. First, the residents did not keep many records, unlike other American frontier locations. Second, Mora was destroyed by Americans in 1848 in retaliation for rebelling against the new government and most of the archives were lost.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1860 | 5,566
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| 1870 | 8,056
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| 1880 | 9,751
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| 1890 | 10,618
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| 1900 | 10,304
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| 1910 | 12,611
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| 1920 | 13,915
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| 1930 | 10,322
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| 1940 | 10,981
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| 1950 | 8,720
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| 1960 | 6,028
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| 1970 | 4,673
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| 1980 | 4,205
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| 1990 | 4,264
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~nmmora/
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