Roosevelt County sits in eastern New Mexico and was created in 1903 from Chaves and Guadalupe Counties. Roosevelt County was named for Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth President of the United States, who had enlisted in the New Mexico Rough Riders when he climbed San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American…
Sandoval County sits in central New Mexico, west of the Rio Grande. Created in 1903, it was named for the Sandoval family, whose members still live here. The first appearance of the Sandoval name in New Mexico came with Sebastian de Sandoval, who was in Santa Fe in 1640,…
Quay County sits in eastern New Mexico with Tucumcari as its county seat. The county is named for Matthew S. Quay, a distinguished Civil War veteran and U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Quay was a leading proponent in Congress for New Mexico statehood. In 1903, when a new county was…
