Grant County, New Mexico

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Grant County, New Mexico is a rural county in southwestern New Mexico known for its mining history, rugged mountain landscapes, and the historic town of Silver City.

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Grant County, New Mexico canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borderedBy Catron County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
Graham County, Arizona
Greenlee County, Arizona
Hidalgo County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
Luna County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
Sierra County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
capital Silver City, New Mexico
contains City of Rocks State Park
Fort Bayard National Cemetery
Gila Cliff Dwellings (core archeological area)
surface form: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (access region)

Gila National Forest NERFINISHED
Mimbres Valley
surface form: Mimbres River valley

Mogollon Mountains
surface form: Mogollon Mountains (southern portion)

Pinos Altos Mountains
Silver City, New Mexico
communities of Bayard, New Mexico
communities of Cliff, New Mexico
communities of Gila, New Mexico
communities of Hurley, New Mexico
communities of Santa Clara, New Mexico
portions of the Gila Wilderness
country United States of America
countrySubdivision New Mexico
surface form: state of New Mexico
governmentType county government
hasCharacteristic mining region
mountainous
rural
hasClimate semi-arid climate
hasHighestPoint peaks in the Mogollon Mountains
hasHistoricActivity 19th-century mining camps
frontier settlement in Silver City area
hasIndustry copper mining
ranching
tourism
hasMajorEconomicActivity open-pit copper mining near Silver City
knownFor historic town of Silver City
mining history
rugged mountain landscapes
locatedIn southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

New Mexico
Southwestern New Mexico
United States Census Bureau region: West
Basin and Range Province
surface form: basin and range province
namedAfter Ulysses S. Grant
seat Silver City, New Mexico
timeZone Mountain Time Zone

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Sierra County, New Mexico borderedBy Grant County, New Mexico
Fort Bayard Historic District locatedIn Grant County, New Mexico
Catron County, New Mexico borderedBy Grant County, New Mexico
NAN Ranch Ruin locatedIn Grant County, New Mexico
Mogollon Mountains administrativeRegion Grant County, New Mexico