Riley is located in
Socorro County in the U.S. state of
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
. Settled in 1892, it is situated about north of
Magdalena, New Mexico, on Cibola NF road 354
and is a habitated
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
.
References
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Ghost towns in New Mexico