Harding County

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On March 4th, 1921 Harding County was created by the New Mexico Legislature. It was formed from parts of eastern Mora County and southern Union County. It was named after then-President Warren Gamamiel Harding. Word came from Santa Fe that breezy day in March of 1921 that Harding had been created and Mosquero was the county seat. The Mosquero School was to become the county courthouse. Teachers and enthusiastic students paraded through the dusty streets behind a banner proclaiming "Just Born: Harding County", while they sang patriotic songs to announce the momentous event. Today the courthouse is still in use. Built around the rock L shaped school it is now a two story structure housing the present county government. At that time approximately 5,000 people lived in Harding, but the county has been losing population ever since. Like other agricultural communities in the American Southwest, Harding County has never recovered from the Great Plains Dust Bowl. Based on the 1996 population of 946 persons, Harding is the least populous and second least densely populated county in the state.

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