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Watrous (N.M.)

LC control no.no2004118764
Geographic headingWatrous (N.M.)
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Geographic subdivision usageNew Mexico--Watrous
Variant(s)La Junta (Mora County, N.M.)
Found inThe Watrous, New Mexico, story, 1962: p. 3 (Watrous; loc. at confluence of Sapello and Mora Rivers) p. 11 (renamed Watrous in 1879)
GNIS, Nov. 30, 2004 (Watrous, New Mexico; populated place; Mora County; 35°47ʹ26ʺN, 104°58ʹ52ʺW; also Watrous Post Office, active 1879 to present; variant name: La Junta; same county and coord.; La Junta Post Office; active 1868-1879; variant name: Watrous; Mora County; 36°12ʹ41ʺN, 105°54ʹ59ʺW; also another populated place called La Junta in Rio Arriba County)
Geographic area coden-us-nm