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Santa Gertrudis

Ghost town · Mora County, New Mexico

Mora quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Mora quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Santa Gertrudis is a ghost town in Mora County, New Mexico. It is one of 4 former communities in Mora County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 31 New Mexico counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Santa Gertrudis as a historical populated place on the Mora 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 35.9639° N, 105.3325° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMora
Elevation7,246 ft
Nearest living townMora, NM
Distance to it0.1 miles
GNIS feature ID915055
Coordinates35.96392, -105.33251

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What's there now

Santa Gertrudis is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mora, NM (population 518), about 0.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 7,246 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 Santa Gertrudis?

Santa Gertrudis is in Mora County, New Mexico, at 35.9639, -105.3325.

How many ghost towns are in Mora County?

Mora County, New Mexico has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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