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Lea County

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October 9, 2013

Lea County

Lea County

Lea County was created in 1917 out of parts of Chaves and Eddy Counties. Lovington is the  county seat.

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Mabel Dodge Luhan

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The Office of the State Historian is a division
of the State Records Center & Archives.

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