Socorro County, New Mexico

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administrative territorial entity county

Socorro County, New Mexico is a largely rural county in central New Mexico known for its role in early nuclear history as the location of the Trinity test site.

Aliases (1)

Socorro County Board of Commissioners ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderedBy	Catron County, New Mexico → Cibola County, New Mexico → Lincoln County, New Mexico → Sierra County, New Mexico → Torrance County, New Mexico → Valencia County, New Mexico →
capital	Socorro, New Mexico →
contains	Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge → Jornada del Muerto desert basin → Magdalena Mountains → New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (in Socorro) → San Mateo Mountains → Socorro Mountains → Trinity test site → Very Large Array radio telescope (near Magdalena) → White Sands Missile Range (partial) →
country	United States of America →
countySeat	Socorro, New Mexico →
governedBy	Socorro County Board of Commissioners →
hasAreaCharacteristic	large land area →
hasClimate	semi-arid →
hasFIPSCode	35053 →
hasGNISID	0917990 →
hasLandUse	desert and rangeland → wildlife refuge areas →
hasMajorEconomicActivity	education and research → government and defense-related activities → ranching →
hasMajorHighway	Interstate 25 → U.S. Route 380 → U.S. Route 60 NERFINISHED →
hasPopulationDensity	low →
isRural	true →
knownFor	location of Trinity nuclear test → role in early nuclear history →
locatedIn	American Southwest → New Mexico → central New Mexico →
locatedInFederalCongressionalDistrict	New Mexico's 2nd congressional district →
locatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone →
namedAfter	Socorro, New Mexico →
partOf	State of New Mexico →
subdivisionType	county →
traversedBy	Rio Grande →
usesDaylightSavingTime	true →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jornada del Muerto desert → San Antonio, New Mexico → Trinity test site, New Mexico → White Sands Missile Range →	locatedIn
Sierra County, New Mexico →	borderedBy
Torrance County, New Mexico →	borders
Socorro County, New Mexico ("Socorro County Board of Commissioners") →	governedBy
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
San Antonio, New Mexico →	partOf