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Place Name
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Catron County
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Pronunciation
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kuh-TRON
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Reserve
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Population
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2,563 (1990)
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Location
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New Mexico, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°55'N
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Longitude
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108°25'W
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Catron
(kuh-TRON), county (
6,929 sq mi/17,946 sq km; 1990
pop. 2,563), W N.Mex.;  Reserve; 33°55'N 108°25'W. Cattle,
goats, sheep; hay, alfalfa, wheat, oats, barley; mining (gold and
silver); timber, and quarrying region. Watered by Gila, San Francisco,
and Tularosa rivers; bounded W by Ariz. Includes parts of Gila (S),
Apache-Sitgreaves (NW), and Cibola (NE) natl. forests. Tularosa and
Mogollon mts. in SW; Datil Mts. in NE; serpentine Continental Divide
runs N-S through county's E center. Gila Cliff Dwellings
Natl. Monument in S boundary; co. formed 1921. Datil Well Natl.
Recreation Site in NE; Plains of San Agustin in E center. 28th largest
co. in U.S.
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