Mora County | |
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Coordinates: 36°01′N 104°56′W / 36.02°N 104.94°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
Founded | February 1, 1860 |
Named for | Mora, New Mexico |
Seat | Mora |
Largest village | Mora |
Area | |
• Total | 1,934 sq mi (5,010 km2) |
• Land | 1,931 sq mi (5,000 km2) |
• Water | 2.3 sq mi (6 km2) 0.1% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,189 |
• Density | 2.2/sq mi (0.84/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | 3rd |
Website | countyofmora |
Mora County (Spanish: Condado de Mora) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,189.[1] Its county seat is the census-designated place (CDP) Mora.[2] The county has another CDP, Watrous, a village, Wagon Mound, and 12 smaller unincorporated settlements. Mora became a formal county in the US, in what was then the New Mexico Territory, on February 1, 1860.[3] Ecclesiastically, the county is within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe.[3] County population peaked at approximately 14,000 circa 1920, declining to about 4,000 to 5,000 since the 1970s; the 2018 estimate was 4,506.