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...

Lincoln is an unincorporated village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. The community sits in the Bonito Valley between the Sacramento Mountains...

Ruidoso (Spanish for "noisy") is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 7,679...

The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, the predecessor of...

The Lincoln County Regulators, or just the Regulators, were an American Old West deputized posse that fought in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, during...

Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. In June 2024, due to the rapid spread of the South Fork Fire and Salt...

Carrizozo is a town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat, with a population of 996 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1899...

Placitas del Rio Bonito, in Lincoln County, New Mexico is a now abandoned village along the frontier between the New Mexico Territory and Confederate Arizona...

between July 15–19, 1878, in Lincoln, New Mexico. It was the largest armed battle of the Lincoln County War in the New Mexico Territory. The firefight was...

Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 1,824 at the 2000...

Lincoln Historic District is a historic district encompassing the community of Lincoln, New Mexico. The district was added to the National Register of...

There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory...

Lincoln National Forest is a unit of the U.S. Forest Service located in southern New Mexico. The Lincoln National Forest covers an extensive 1.1 million...

Capitan is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located north of the Lincoln National Forest between the Capitan and Sacramento Mountains...

a key figure in the Lincoln County War, in New Mexico, which launched Billy the Kid to fame. Dolan was born in Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland and moved...

once called the "Cattle Queen of New Mexico", and the widow of Alexander McSween, a leading factor in the Lincoln County War, who was shot and killed by...

member of the Lincoln County Regulators. Benjamin Franklin Coe was born in western Virginia about 1851. In 1871 he ventured to New Mexico Territory with...

Pecos War and the Lincoln County War. He was a business associate of Alexander McSween, an influential figure in the Lincoln County War. His employee...

in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Coyote is located near U.S. Route 54, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) north-northeast of Carrizozo. "Coyote, New Mexico"...

S. state of New Mexico, lying just east of Alamogordo in Otero County (small portions of the range lie in Lincoln County and Chaves County). From north...

Corona is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located along U.S. Route 54. The population was 172 at the time of the 2010 census. Corona...

ultra-prominent range of volcanic mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The range is about 40 miles (64 km)...

campaigns. The county was created by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature on February 25, 1889, out of land from Lincoln County. Chaves County comprises...

Hondo is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about thirty-five miles downstream (east) from Ruidoso...

Riverside is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. It is located along the Rio Hondo that flows...

unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Bluewater is 22.3 miles (35.9 km) east of Capitan. "Bluewater, New Mexico". Geographic Names...

Hollywood is a neighborhood of Ruidoso, in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States and is part of the Lincoln National Forest. It is located along State...

sheriff of Lincoln County during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico, United States. He was murdered in an ambush, aged 48, by the Lincoln County Regulators...

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immigrants Lawrence Murphy and James Dolan. After he arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico, however, McSween left Dolan and Murphy to work for English rancher...