Roswell (New Mexico)
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| Nickname : All America City | |
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| Location in New Mexico | |
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| Foundation : | 1869 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | New Mexico |
| County : | Chaves County |
| Coordinates : | 33 ° 24 ′ N , 104 ° 31 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) |
| Residents : | 48,664 (as of 2016) |
| Population density : | 648.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 75.0 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 75.0 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 1089 m |
| Postcodes : | 88201-88203 |
| Area code : | +1 575 |
| FIPS : | 35-64930 |
| GNIS ID : | 0894171 |
| Website : | www.roswell-nm.gov |
| Mayor : | Del Jurney |
 Chaves County District Court in Roswell |
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Roswell is a city in the southeast of the US state New Mexico . Their area extends over an area of 75 square kilometers. With 45,293 inhabitants (2000) Roswell is the fifth largest city of New Mexico. The city is located in Chaves County , whose county seat (administrative seat) it is.
Near Roswell is the KBIM transmission mast , a 569 meter high transmission mast for VHF and television.
history
About 15 miles southwest of present-day Roswell, the area's first non-Indian settlement was established in 1865 by a group of pioneers from Missouri . However, it had to be given up again due to a lack of water supply. A businessman from Omaha , Nebraska , Van C. Smith, and his partner Aaron Wilburn built two adobe houses in 1869 that gave birth to what is now Roswell. The two buildings were used as a general store, post office and sleeping quarters for paying travelers.
The American scientist and rocket pioneer Robert Goddard worked there in the 1930s .
In late 1946, the 509th Composite Group , which dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki , was relocated to Roswell Army Air Field. After being renamed Walker Air Force Base, it became the largest Strategic Air Command site . The site later went to civilian operators and became the Roswell International Air Center .
In the summer of 1947, a UFO is said to have crashed nearby . To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the so-called Roswell Incident , the city hosted the Amazing Roswell UFO Festival from July 5-8, 2007 .
On October 14, 2012, the Red Bull Stratos event took place in Roswell . In this experiment, the Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner jumped from a height of 39 km from a capsule hanging under a helium balloon to the earth. Here he broke some world records.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 39,676 |
| 1990 | 44,654 |
| 2000 | 45.293 |
| 2010 | 48,366 |
| 2016 | 48,664 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: Update of the US Census Bureau
sons and daughters of the town
- Ray Crawford (1915-1996), racing car driver
- John Denver (1943–1997), country and folk singer
- David Gilman (* 1954), canoeist and luge rider
- Joe Lane (1935-2014), politician
- Ross L. Malone (1910–1974), lawyer and politician
- Laura J. Mixon (* 1957), writer
- Demi Moore (born 1962), actress
- Austin St. John (born 1974), actor
Attractions
Festivals
- Roswell UFO Festival (annual)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Roswell City. In: US Census Bureau . 2010, accessed on July 21, 2017 .
- ^ Roswell, New Mexico - Basic Facts. In: HomeTownLocator. July 1, 2016, accessed on July 21, 2017 .
- ^ Roswell UFO Festival