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    80; -103.42 Lea County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, its population was 74,455. Its county seat is Lovington...
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    Hobbs is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census, increasing from 34,122 in 2010. Hobbs is the principal...
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    Lovington is a city in, and the county seat of, Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 11,009 at the 2010 census, up from 9,471 in 2000...
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    Eunice is a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,922 at the 2010 census. The mayor of Eunice, as of March 2018, was Billy...
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  • Thumbnail for National Register of Historic Places listings in New Mexico
    This is a list of properties and districts in New Mexico that are on the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,100 listings. Of these...
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    Jal is a small city located in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. It is New Mexico's south-easternmost city, and shares a border with Texas to the...
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    Lea County Regional Airport (IATA: HOB, ICAO: KHOB) (Lea County-Hobbs Airport) is four miles (6.4 km) west of Hobbs, in Lea County, New Mexico, United...
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  • The Lea County Correctional Facility (LCCF) is a medium-security prison for men located four miles north-west of Hobbs, New Mexico, opened in 1998 on 60...
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  • New Mexico Junior College (NMJC) is a public junior college in unincorporated Lea County, New Mexico, near Hobbs. New Mexico Junior College first opened...
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    There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory...
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  • Basque Country, Spain Lea County, New Mexico, United States Lea (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Lea (surname), a list of people...
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    in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 798 at the 2010 census, up from 683 in 2000. Tatum is located in northern Lea County. U.S...
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  • Lea County Airport may refer to airports in Lea County, New Mexico: Lea County Regional Airport (IATA: HOB, ICAO: KHOB) near Hobbs, New Mexico Lea County-Jal...
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    Furr's (category Lea County, New Mexico)
    States started by Roy Furr. The first location opened in 1946 in Hobbs, New Mexico. For many decades, Furr's was known for cafeteria-style dining but eventually...
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  • Casey Urlacher (category Sportspeople from Lea County, New Mexico)
    Following the couple’s divorce, Lavoyda moved the family to Lovington, New Mexico, where she later married Troy Lenard. During his high school years, Urlacher...
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    the major mines outside of Carlsbad, New Mexico, to the world's purest potash deposit in Lea County, New Mexico (near the Carlsbad deposits), which is...
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    and south sides of Greenville. Its western terminus is at San Antonio, New Mexico, south of Socorro at an intersection with Interstate 25. It intersected...
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  • Thumbnail for Eastern New Mexico
    includes portions of the counties of Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay, and Roosevelt. It is served by Eastern New Mexico University, a state university...
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  • Kathy Whitworth (category Sportspeople from Lea County, New Mexico)
    daughters of Morris Whitworth, a hardware store owner and later mayor in Jal, New Mexico, where she grew up. She attended Odessa College. Initially a tennis player...
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    Mescalero Ridge (category Landforms of Lea County, New Mexico)
    Estacado, a vast plateau or tableland in the southwestern United States in New Mexico and Texas. It is the western equivalent of the Caprock Escarpment, which...
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  • been located on about 15 square miles near the town of Hobbs in Lea County, New Mexico it was to have been a city with no permanent population. Due to...
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  • Thumbnail for Lea County Courthouse
    The Lea County Courthouse is an historic Art deco courthouse building located at 100 North Main Avenue in Lovington, New Mexico. It was designed in 1936...
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  • KOBR-TV Tower (category Buildings and structures in Lea County, New Mexico)
    supporting the transmission antenna of television station KOBR in Caprock, New Mexico, United States. KOBR-TV Tower was built during 1960. The original KSWS-TV...
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  • National Enrichment Facility (category Buildings and structures in Lea County, New Mexico)
    Zippe-type centrifuges. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Eunice, New Mexico. The NEF is operated by Louisiana Energy Services (LES), which is in turn...
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  • The Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is a museum near Hobbs, New Mexico. It features exhibits depicting the history of the Llano...
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    fourth-largest county in New Mexico by area. De Baca County - north Roosevelt County - northeast Lea County - east Eddy County - south Otero County - southwest...
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  • Timmy Smith (category Sportspeople from Lea County, New Mexico)
    where he played football and basketball. He graduated with the state of New Mexico record for rushing yards (2,306 yards) and rushing touchdowns (31). He...
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  • Thumbnail for Lea County Jal Airport
    km) northeast of the central business district of Jal, a city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan...
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  • Thumbnail for Thomas C. Lea III
    after Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916. Villa then responded by offering a thousand pesos gold bounty on Lea. For six months Tom and his...
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    Southern Counties Gas Company, connecting to the 720 mile 26-inch El Paso Natural Gas Company line between the Eunice compressor station in Lea County, New Mexico...
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