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Reserve, New Mexico
Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. The town population was 293 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Catron County. Currently the village has two grocery stores, a hardware store, a bar, fairgrounds, and a health clinic. It is the site where Elfego Baca held off a gang of Texan cowboys who wanted to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarty.
In the 1860s, Mexican-Americans established a string of villages along the San Francisco River, naming them the Upper, Lower, and Middle San Francisco Plazas. In the late 1870s Anglo settlers began arriving. They renamed Upper Frisco Plaza as Milligan's Plaza, naming it after a merchant and saloon owner.
Catron became a county in 1921. It was named after an attorney and political leader from Santa Fe, Thomas B. Catron.
Milligan's Plaza was the site of the Frisco shootout of Elfego Baca.
Reserve is located in western Catron County in the valley of the San Francisco River. New Mexico State Road 12 passes through the village, leading west 7 miles (11 km) to U.S. Route 180 near Reserve Airport and northeast 67 miles (108 km) to U.S. Route 60 at Datil. NM 435 leads south through the communities of San Francisco Plaza and Lower San Francisco Plaza before ending 5 miles (8 km) south of Reserve.
Reserve is situated in the Gila National Forest about 15 mi (24 km) east of the Arizona/New Mexico border. The area includes ruins from the Mogollon and Anasazi tribes, as well as petroglyphs and historic Old West sites.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 387 people, 177 households, and 103 families residing in the village. The population density was 696.2 inhabitants per square mile (268.8/km2). There were 238 housing units at an average density of 428.2 per square mile (165.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 80.10% White, 0.52% African American, 0.52% Native American, 13.95% from other races, and 4.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.57% of the population.
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Reserve, New Mexico
Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. The town population was 293 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Catron County. Currently the village has two grocery stores, a hardware store, a bar, fairgrounds, and a health clinic. It is the site where Elfego Baca held off a gang of Texan cowboys who wanted to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarty.
In the 1860s, Mexican-Americans established a string of villages along the San Francisco River, naming them the Upper, Lower, and Middle San Francisco Plazas. In the late 1870s Anglo settlers began arriving. They renamed Upper Frisco Plaza as Milligan's Plaza, naming it after a merchant and saloon owner.
Catron became a county in 1921. It was named after an attorney and political leader from Santa Fe, Thomas B. Catron.
Milligan's Plaza was the site of the Frisco shootout of Elfego Baca.
Reserve is located in western Catron County in the valley of the San Francisco River. New Mexico State Road 12 passes through the village, leading west 7 miles (11 km) to U.S. Route 180 near Reserve Airport and northeast 67 miles (108 km) to U.S. Route 60 at Datil. NM 435 leads south through the communities of San Francisco Plaza and Lower San Francisco Plaza before ending 5 miles (8 km) south of Reserve.
Reserve is situated in the Gila National Forest about 15 mi (24 km) east of the Arizona/New Mexico border. The area includes ruins from the Mogollon and Anasazi tribes, as well as petroglyphs and historic Old West sites.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 387 people, 177 households, and 103 families residing in the village. The population density was 696.2 inhabitants per square mile (268.8/km2). There were 238 housing units at an average density of 428.2 per square mile (165.3/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 80.10% White, 0.52% African American, 0.52% Native American, 13.95% from other races, and 4.91% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 40.57% of the population.