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Lincoln County
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county in New Mexico, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Mexico
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln
- Seat
- Carrizozo
- Largest village
- Ruidoso
- Total
- 4,831 sq mi (12,510 km )
- Land
- 4,831 sq mi (12,510 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,844
- Density
- 4.2/sq mi (1.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .lincolncountynm .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Abraham Lincoln
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- New Mexico
- Contains
- Carrizozo
- Capital
- Carrizozo
- Population
- 20269
- Area
- 12513
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Shares border with
- Socorro County
- Official website
- www.lincolncountynm.net
- Image
- Looking North - LNF - panoramio (1).jpg
- Households
- 8478
Show 7 more facts
- native label
- Lincoln County
- Commons category
- Lincoln County, New Mexico
- topic's main category
- Category:Lincoln County, New Mexico
- inception
- 1869-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- different from
- Lincoln
- per capita income
- 27892
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Encyclopedic overview
Lincoln County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,269. Its county seat is Carrizozo, while its largest community is Ruidoso.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.