Fort Selden

Fort Selden
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Mexico Historic Site
NM State Register of Cultural Properties
Ruins of Fort Selden
Nearest city	Las Cruces, New Mexico
Coordinates	32°29′45″N 106°55′30″W / 32.49583°N 106.92500°W / 32.49583; -106.92500
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1865 (1865)
NRHP reference No.	70000401[1]
NMSRCP No.	47
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	July 9, 1970
Designated NMHS	1974[2]
Designated NMSRCP	March 21, 1969

Fort Selden was a United States Army post, occupying the area in what is now Radium Springs, New Mexico. The site was long a campground along the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. It was the site of a Confederate Army camp in 1861. The U.S. Army established Fort Selden in 1865 for the purpose of protecting westward settlers from Native American raids, but the post fell into disrepair after the American Civil War. It was ultimately abandoned in 1891, due in large part to the decision to expand Fort Bliss and the lack of any expenditures for repair of the facility.