Roswell

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city

Roswell is a city in southeastern New Mexico best known for its association with the 1947 UFO incident and its strong aerospace and military presence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Roswell, New Mexico, United States 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 575 ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 33.3943 N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 104.5230 W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
demographicsGroup Hispanic and Latino population ⓘ
economicSector aerospace ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
elevation 1090 m ⓘ
3570 ft ⓘ
foundedAs military post ⓘ
foundingDate 1869 ⓘ
governingBody Roswell City Council ⓘ
governmentType council–manager ⓘ
hasAirport Roswell Air Center ⓘ
hasAttraction Downtown Roswell historic district ⓘ
UFO-themed tourism ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Eastern New Mexico University ⓘ
surface form: Eastern New Mexico University–Roswell
hasFestival Roswell UFO Festival ⓘ
hasMuseum International UFO Museum and Research Center ⓘ
Roswell Museum ⓘ
incorporationDate March 1891 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Chaves County, New Mexico ⓘ
knownFor UFOs ⓘ
surface form: 1947 Roswell UFO incident

aerospace industry ⓘ
military presence ⓘ
locatedIn Chaves County, New Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInRegion southeastern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Hondo River ⓘ
Spring River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorHighway U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 380 ⓘ
U.S. Route 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Roswell Smith ⓘ
near Walker Air Force Base (former) ⓘ
partOf southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Oklahoma Panhandle ⓘ
surface form: Llano Estacado region
population approximately 48,000 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2020 ⓘ
postalCode 88201 ⓘ
88202 ⓘ
88203 ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ
timeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Mountain Daylight Time ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colin Hanks → appearedIn → Roswell ⓘ
Chaves County → contains → Roswell ⓘ
Chaves County → countySeat → Roswell ⓘ
New Mexico → hasCity → Roswell ⓘ
Chaves County → hasCountySeat → Roswell ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern New Mexico
Chaves County → largestCity → Roswell ⓘ
Colin Hanks → notableWork → Roswell ⓘ
Curtis Mayfield → placeOfDeath → Roswell ⓘ
Robert H. Goddard → residence → Roswell ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roswell, New Mexico, United States
W. G. Snuffy Walden → workedOn → Roswell ⓘ