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Ford

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท NEW MEXICO

A historical populated place in Quay County, New Mexico, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
Ford
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
New Mexico
County
Quay County
USGS Map
McAlister
Coordinates
34.6925000, -103.8294444
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GNIS Feature ID
920786

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

A few Miles N of House, 3 mi N and 3 mi W of McAlister

GNIS historical note

PO 1907-1910

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 920786. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Text Julyan, Bob New Mexico Geographic Names Data Base 1992-12-31 00:00:00 N.M. Geographic Names Data Base, 1992. Compiled by Bob Julyan over more than five years of researching individual geographic names in New Mexico. Especially useful for historical names, name changes; and variants. Subsumed within this bibliographical reference is the much larger bibliography of the data base, comprising 235 references, including county histories, local histories, other historical works, correspondence, and numerous oral sources.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.