Quay 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
Quay County,
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, Ker ...
, United States
It is located approximately south of
Tucumcari
Tucumcari (; ) is a city in and the county seat of Quay County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 5,278 at the 2020 census. Tucumcari was founded in 1901, two years before Quay County was established.
History
In 1901, the Chicago, ...
on
New Mexico State Road 209
State Road 209 (NM 209) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, ...
.
History
Settlement of the community of Quay began ''circa'' 1902. In 1904, the community received its official name following the establishment of its post office.
The name "Quay" honors
Matthew S. Quay
Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control o ...
, a
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
veteran who became a
U.S. Senator
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The composition and powe ...
from
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
in 1887. While in office, Quay became a proponent of statehood for the Territory of New Mexico and was appreciated throughout the state for his efforts.
[ New Mexico was admitted as the 47th state in the Union on January 6, 1912. Sometime before 1926, the settlement was moved to the northwest to its present location near the newly constructed New Mexico State Highway 209, which stretches through the broad valley known as Quay Valley.][
]
Climate
See also
* Eastern New Mexico
* Llano Estacado
* Caprock Escarpment
* Tucumcari Mountain
Tucumcari Mountain, once referred to as Tucumcari Peak or Mesa Tucumcari, is a mesa situated just outside Tucumcari, New Mexico.
Where the mountain got its name is uncertain. It may have come from the Comanche word "tukamukaru", which means to l ...
* Lucianosaurus
''Lucianosaurus'' is an extinct genus of amniote of unknown affinities, known only from teeth. Initially described as a basal ornithischian dinosaur, subsequently reclassified as a member of the clade Archosauriformes of uncertain phylogenetic ...
References
External links
Quay County, New Mexico
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Unincorporated communities in Quay County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico