Chaves County, New Mexico

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Chaves County, New Mexico is a county in southeastern New Mexico best known for encompassing the city of Roswell, a focal point of UFO lore and aerospace history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county of New Mexico
borders De Baca County, New Mexico
Eddy County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
contains Dexter, New Mexico
Hagerman, New Mexico
Lake Arthur, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico
country United States of America
countySeat Roswell, New Mexico
FIPSCode 35-005
GNISID 00872788
hasAreaCode 575
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
dairy industry
oil and gas production
hasFeature semi-arid climate in much of the county
hasGovernmentType county government
hasJudicialDistrict New Mexico Fifth Judicial District
hasMajorHighway New Mexico State Road 2
U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 380
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED
hasPostalAbbreviationState NM
hasSettlement Dexter, New Mexico
Hagerman, New Mexico
Lake Arthur, New Mexico
Roswell, New Mexico
isPartOf New Mexico counties
knownFor Roswell UFO incident associations
aerospace history around Roswell
largestCity Roswell, New Mexico
locatedIn southeastern New Mexico
locatedInDSTTimeZone UTC−06:00
locatedInTimeZone UTC−07:00
locatedOnContinent North America
namedAfter Jose Francisco Chaves
observesDaylightSavingTime true
partOf Permian Basin
surface form: Permian Basin region
region eastern New Mexico
surface form: southeast New Mexico
state New Mexico
subdivisionName1 New Mexico
subdivisionName2 United States of America
surface form: United States
subdivisionType county
timeZone Mountain Time Zone

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Roswell locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Roswell isCountySeatOf Chaves County, New Mexico
Lea County borderedBy Chaves County, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Chaves County
Eddy County borderedBy Chaves County, New Mexico
De Baca County borderedBy Chaves County, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Chaves County
New Mexico's 2nd congressional district containsCounty Chaves County, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico hasBorderWithCounty Chaves County, New Mexico
Chaves hasToponymicUse Chaves County, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
Pecos River crossesCounty Chaves County, New Mexico
Roswell Museum locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Roswell Air Center locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Roswell Air Center serves Chaves County, New Mexico
Roosevelt County, New Mexico borders Chaves County, New Mexico
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Lea County, New Mexico borders Chaves County, New Mexico
Walker Air Force Base (former) locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Walker Air Force Base
Dexter locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Dexter, New Mexico
Hagerman locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Midway county Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Midway, Chaves County, New Mexico
Midway isPartOf Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Midway, Chaves County, New Mexico
Midway hasSubdivisionName Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Midway, Chaves County, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Chaves County
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Lake Arthur county Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Lake Arthur, New Mexico
Lake Arthur partOf Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Lake Arthur, New Mexico
Lake Arthur isInRegion Chaves County, New Mexico
subject surface form: Lake Arthur, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Chaves County region of New Mexico
New Mexico State Road 13 locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
New Mexico State Road 13 regionServed Chaves County, New Mexico
Jose Francisco Chaves namesakeOf Chaves County, New Mexico
Hondo River locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico
Bottomless Lakes State Park locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico