Dwyer is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Grant County Grant County may refer to:
Places
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,
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
, United States.
It is located southeast of
Silver City, along the
Mimbres River
The Mimbres is a river in southwestern New Mexico.
Course
The Mimbres forms from snowpack and runoff on the southwestern slopes of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in the Black Range at in Grant County. The river ends in the Guzmán Basin, a smal ...
, and on
NM 61.
History
The settlement, first known as ''San Jose'' for its church, had a post office from 1895 to 1917.
The post office in Dwyer was moved northeast from Faywood is still named the Faywood Post Office
and the settlement was renamed Dwyer for an 1883 homesteader, G.W. Dwyer.
Notable person
*
G. X. McSherry, farmer, rancher, and member of the
New Mexico House of Representatives
) is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature.
There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, ...
See also
*
NAN Ranch, National Register of Historic Places
*
NAN Ranch Ruin, archaeological site
*
Swarts Ruin
Swarts Ruin, also known as the Swarts Ranch Ruin, is an archaeological site in New Mexico's Mimbres Valley excavated from 1924 to 1927 by Harriet S. ("Hattie") Cosgrove and Cornelius B. ("Burt") Cosgrove.
Although the self-taught husband-and-w ...
, Mimbres culture archaeological site
Notes
Unincorporated communities in Grant County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico
1895 establishments in New Mexico Territory
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