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> United States > New Mexico > NM Counties > Doña Ana
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| Website | https://www.donaanacounty.org |
| Established | January 09, 1852 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | BrentinCO December 24, 2020 03:54pm |
| Description | Doña Ana County is located in southcentral part of New Mexico and is named for Doña Ana Robledo, who died in 1680 while fleeing the Pueblo Revolt.
It shares a border with Texas and Mexico and with a population just under 215,579, which makes it the second-most populated county in the state. Its county seat is Las Cruces, the second-most populous municipality in New Mexico. The County has a total area of 3,814 square miles, containing a number of prominent geographical features, most notably the Mesilla Valley, the flood plain of the Rio Grande.
Doña Ana County is home to the White Sands National Monument, the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, and is a leading producer of chile peppers, onions, and pecans. The county seat is in Las Cruces, where county government helps its residents with a multitude of resources including community development, emergency management, flood control and public safety |
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March 16, 1901 -
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January 30, 1899 -
March 16, 1901
DOÑA ANA lost to creation of OTERO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1899, 33d assy., ch. 3/pp. 21-30)
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February 12, 1889 -
January 30, 1899
DOÑA ANA lost to LINCOLN.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1888, 28th assy., ch. 41/pp. 92-93)
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February 24, 1887 -
February 12, 1889
DOÑA ANA gained from LINCOLN and SOCORRO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1887, 27th assy., ch. 14/p. 39)
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April 03, 1884 -
February 24, 1887
DOÑA ANA lost to creation of SIERRA.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1884, 26th assy., ch. 109/pp. 223-225)
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February 13, 1880 -
April 03, 1884
DOÑA ANA gained from GRANT.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1880, 24th assy., ch. 43/p. 99)
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February 11, 1880 -
February 13, 1880
DOÑA ANA lost to SOCORRO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1880, 24th assy., ch. 42/pp. 98-99)
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February 15, 1878 -
February 11, 1880
DOÑA ANA lost to LINCOLN.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1878, 23d assy., ch. 34/pp. 82-83)
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December 29, 1871 -
February 15, 1878
DOÑA ANA lost to SOCORRO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1871-1872, 20th assy., ch. 2/pp. 4-5)
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January 10, 1870 -
December 29, 1871
DOÑA ANA gained from SOCORRO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1869-1870, 19th assy., ch. 11/p. 36)
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January 30, 1868 -
January 10, 1870
DOÑA ANA lost to creation of GRANT.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1867-1868, 17th assy., /ch. 20/p. 88)
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January 31, 1867 -
January 30, 1868
DOÑA ANA lost to SOCORRO.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1866-1867, 16th assy. /p. 104)
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February 24, 1863 -
January 31, 1867
DOÑA ANA lost to creation of Arizona Terr..
(U.S. Stat., vol. 12, pp. 664 - 665; Van Zandt, p. 165)
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January 28, 1863 -
February 24, 1863
DOÑA ANA lost to re-creation of ARIZONA (extinct).
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1862-1863, 12th assy. /p.30)
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January 18, 1862 -
January 28, 1863
DOÑA ANA gained all of ARIZONA (extinct) when the law creating ARIZONA was repealed; ARIZONA eliminated.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 11th assy. /p. 18)
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February 01, 1860 -
January 18, 1862
DOÑA ANA lost to creation of ARIZONA (extinct).
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1859-1860, 9th assy. /p. 74)
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February 03, 1855 -
February 01, 1860
DOÑA ANA gained all of Non-County Area 2; Non-County Area 2 eliminated.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1854, 4th assy. /p. 57)
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January 09, 1852 -
February 03, 1855
DOÑA ANA created by New Mexico Terr. from Non-County Area 1; included parts of present Arizona and New Mexico, and the entire Disputed Area.
(N.M. Terr. Laws 1851, 1st assy., 2d sess. /p. 292)
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