Bellview is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
located in
Curry County, New Mexico
Curry County is a List of counties in New Mexico, county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 48,430. Its county seat is Clovis, New Mexico, Clovis. The county is named in ...
, United States.
Description
Bellview lies on the
High Plains of the
Llano Estacado
The Llano Estacado (), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas. One of the largest mesas or tablelands on the North A ...
at an altitude of above sea level.
[ It is located east of Grady, east of Broadview, and north of ]Clovis
Clovis may refer to:
People
* Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis
** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler
** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...
. New Mexico State Road 241
State Road 241 (NM 241) is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico. New Mexico 241's western terminus is at NM 209 in Broadview, and the eastern terminus is at Farm to Market Road 1058 (FM 1058) at the Texas–New ...
runs east–west through town. Bellview had its own post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
until it closed on April 22, 1995.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 ...
status.
See also
* List of ghost towns in New Mexico
This is a partial list of ghost towns in New Mexico in the United States of America.
Conditions
Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of buildings or civilization and h ...
References
External links
Public domain photos of the Llano Estacado and Eastern New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in Curry County, New Mexico
Unincorporated communities in New Mexico
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