Place:Fort Sumner, DeBaca, New Mexico, United States

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NameFort Sumner
Alt namesRudolphsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS35008967
Sunnysidesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS35008967
TypeVillage
Coordinates34.473°N 104.242°W
Located inDeBaca, New Mexico, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Old Fort Sumner Cemetery
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Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2010 U.S. Census, down from the figure of 1,249 recorded in 2000. Fort Sumner is the spring and fall home of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, and is home to the burial site of famed outlaw of the American West, Billy the Kid, who was shot and killed there in 1881.

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