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Faywood

Ghost town · Grant County, New Mexico

Faywood Station quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:24,000)
Faywood Station quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Faywood is a ghost town in Grant County, New Mexico. It is one of 15 former communities in Grant County on the federal names register. No county in New Mexico has more among the 31 New Mexico counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Faywood as a historical populated place on the Faywood Station topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 32.5642° N, 108.0242° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFaywood Station
Elevation5,027 ft
Nearest living townHurley, NM
Distance to it11.2 miles
GNIS feature ID919965
Coordinates32.56425, -108.02420

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What's there now

Faywood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hurley, NM (population 1,137), about 11.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,027 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Faywood?

Faywood is in Grant County, New Mexico, at 32.5642, -108.0242.

How many ghost towns are in Grant County?

Grant County, New Mexico has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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