Newman, New Mexico
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Newman is an unincorporated area
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Otero County
Otero County, New Mexico
-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*72.7% White*3.5% Black*6.7% Native American*1.2% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*4.2% Two or more races*11.2% Other races*34.5% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, 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...

, United States of America
United States
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. It is located at 32°0′12"N 106°19′21"W. It was a small railroad town and yard. It is located just north of Newman, Texas
Newman, Texas
Newman is a place in El Paso County, Texas, United States of America, some 16 miles north-east of the city of El Paso. In 1990 it had a population of about 60 people....

, which is just to the south across the Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 state line. The border with Mexico
Mexico
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 is less than 20 miles to the south-southwest.

History

Newman was first known as Longhorn, then Hereford, and finally renamed "Newman", after Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 real estate
Real estate
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 developer Henry L. E. Newman, who planned to develop a town here, but had little success. He later developed the nearby town of Newman, Texas
Newman, Texas
Newman is a place in El Paso County, Texas, United States of America, some 16 miles north-east of the city of El Paso. In 1990 it had a population of about 60 people....

.

Newman had a post office
Post office
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 from 1906 to 1922.

On 27 June 1915 Pascual Orozco
Pascual Orozco
Pascual Orozco Vazquez was a Mexican revolutionary leader who, after the triumph of the Mexican Revolution, rose up against Francisco I...

 and former President of Mexico
President of Mexico
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 Victoriano Huerta
Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was a Mexican military officer and president of Mexico. Huerta's supporters were known as Huertistas during the Mexican Revolution...

 were arrested at Newman for their plans to foment a revolution in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

Since 1930 Newman has not been listed as having any permanent population by the US Census.
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