WayfarrowPaxton Springs
Ghost town · Cibola County, New Mexico
Paxton Springs is a ghost town in Cibola County, New Mexico. It is one of 2 former communities in Cibola County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 31 New Mexico counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Paxton Springs as a historical populated place on the Paxton Springs 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 35.0392° N, 108.0667° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Paxton Springs |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 7,694 ft |
| Nearest living town | San Rafael, NM |
| Distance to it | 10 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 909517 |
| Coordinates | 35.03921, -108.06673 |
What's there now
Paxton Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is San Rafael, NM (population 620), about 10 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 7,694 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Tank Canyonghost town · Cibola County · 30.3 mi
- Shillingburgghost town · San Juan County · 47.9 mi
Questions
Where is Paxton Springs?
Paxton Springs is in Cibola County, New Mexico, at 35.0392, -108.0667.
How many ghost towns are in Cibola County?
Cibola County, New Mexico has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.