The Cimarron Historic District is a historic district on the south side of Cimarron

Cimarron, New Mexico

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 917 people, 382 households, and 255 families residing in the village. The population density was 479.5 people per square mile . There were 449 housing units at an average density of 234.8 per square mile...

, New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

, USA. The district is located south of US Route 64 on the east and west sides of New Mexico Highway 21. In 1973, the district was added to the U.S.

United States

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 National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. According to the National Register, the district contains 1940 acre (7.85 km²; 3.03 sq mi) and contains 6 significant buildings.

There are fifteen buildings and historic sites shown on a 1986 map of the historic district

1. Early trading post. Location of Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell was a rancher and entrepreneur who at one point owned more than . Along with Thomas Catron and Ted Turner, Maxwell was one of the largest private landowners in United States history....
   
    commissary.
2. Graves of mother-in-law and daughter of Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell was a rancher and entrepreneur who at one point owned more than . Along with Thomas Catron and Ted Turner, Maxwell was one of the largest private landowners in United States history....
   
   .
3. Plaza well, dug about 1871.
4. Site of Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Maxwell
   Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell was a rancher and entrepreneur who at one point owned more than . Along with Thomas Catron and Ted Turner, Maxwell was one of the largest private landowners in United States history....
   
    home.
5. Former National Hotel.
6. Office of the Cimarron News built about 1872.
7. St. James Hotel. Listed on State Register (12/20/68)
8. The Adobe, built before 1892.
9. Second Colfax County
   Colfax County, New Mexico
   -2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*83.8% White*0.5% Black*1.5% Native American*0.4% Asian*0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*10.1% Other races*47.2% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
   
    Courthouse, 1870. Listed on State Register (5/19/86) .
10. Aztec Grist Mill , built in 1864 for Lucien B. Maxwell. Now known as the Old Mill Museum . Listed on State Register (12/20/68) .
11. Tom Boggs home, built about 1865.
12. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, built 1881-1884?
13. Schwenk Hall.
14. Juan Charette's saloon.
15. Colfax County jail, 1872.