Orogrande, New Mexico

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Orogrande, New Mexico is a small unincorporated community and former mining town in Otero County in southern New Mexico.

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Orogrande, New Mexico canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
former mining town
unincorporated community
areaCode 575
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countySeatOfCounty none
discoveredGoldYear 1904
elevationInFeet 4196
elevationInMeters 1279
featureType populated place
FIPSCode 35-54620
GNISFeatureID 894728
hasClimate arid climate
hasPostOffice true
hasTimeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time NERFINISHED
historicalEconomicBase gold mining
incorporationStatus unincorporated
isPartOf Orogrande mining district NERFINISHED
locatedBetween Alamogordo, New Mexico NERFINISHED
El Paso, Texas NERFINISHED
locatedIn New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
southern New Mexico
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone
locatedOnHighway U.S. Route 54 NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning big gold
nearMilitaryInstallation White Sands Missile Range NERFINISHED
nearMountainRange Jarilla Mountains NERFINISHED
nearNationalForest Lincoln National Forest NERFINISHED
originalName Jarilla Junction NERFINISHED
peakHistoricalPopulationApprox 2000
populationCensus2020 35
postalCode 88342
region Tularosa Basin NERFINISHED
renamedInYear 1905
stateAbbreviation NM

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Otero County, New Mexico containsVillage Orogrande, New Mexico