Moriarty (New Mexico)
| Moriarty | |||
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 Municipal office ( Municipal Center ) |
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| Location in New Mexico | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | New Mexico | ||
| County : | Torrance County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 0 ′ N , 106 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,868 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 150.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 12.4 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.4 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 1896 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 87035 | ||
| Area code : | +1 505 | ||
| FIPS : | 35-50160 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0892232 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofmoriarty.org | ||
| Mayor : | Ted Hart | ||
Moriarty is a city with a status of City in Torrance County in the US state of New Mexico .
geography
At a distance of 50 kilometers west of Moriarty is Albuquerque . Santa Fe is 70 kilometers to the north. The Interstate 40 highway runs through the middle of the city and replaces the former Route 66 in this section .
history
Moriarty owes its name to the Iowa settler Michael Timothy Moriarty, who settled in the region with his family in 1887 and initially ran a small ranch . When in 1903 the Santa Fe Central Railroad , which was later taken over by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , built a railway line through the town and created a depot, the population grew. However, railway operations were stopped after a few years. In 1937, the Route 66 road link from Albuquerque to Santa Rosa was also led by Moriarty, but replaced by the I-40 in the 1960s .
Today Moriarty is active in agriculture and tourism and organizes parades, rodeos , mud-bogging competitions with monster trucks , soaring and a pinto bean festival every October .
Demographics
In 2012 a population of 1868 people was determined, which means an increase of 5.8% compared to 2000. The average age of the residents in 2012 was 35.6 years, well below the average for New Mexico, which was 45.5 years.
43.7% of today's residents are Hispanic and 2.0% Native American . Other immigrant groups during the city's beginnings were 12.5% from Germany, 10.1% from England and 9.6% from Ireland .
sons and daughters of the town
- Toney Anaya (born 1941), politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ History
- ↑ Pinto Bean Fiesta ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ city data Moriarty
