Dwyer, New Mexico

Dwyer, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Dwyer, New Mexico
Coordinates: 32°37′42″N 107°52′01″W / 32.62833°N 107.86694°W / 32.62833; -107.86694Coordinates: 32°37′42″N 107°52′01″W / 32.62833°N 107.86694°W / 32.62833; -107.86694
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Grant
Elevation 5,200 ft (1,600 m)
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC-6)
Area code(s) 575
GNIS feature ID 920591[1]

Dwyer is an unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.[1] It is located southeast of Silver City, along the Mimbres River, and on NM 61.[2]

History

The settlement, first known as San Jose for its church, had a post office from 1895 to 1917.[2] The post office in Dwyer was moved northeast from Faywood is still named the Faywood Post Office[3] and the settlement was renamed Dwyer for an 1883 homesteader, G.W. Dwyer.[2]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 "Dwyer, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 3 Robert Hixson Julyan (1 January 1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.
  3. ↑ Robert Hixson Julyan (1 January 1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.
  4. ↑ "Grover Xavier McSherry, a resident of Deming". The Grant County Beat. New Mexico. May 7, 2013.


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