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Lovington is a city in, and the county seat of, Lea County, New Mexico, United States. [4] The population was 11,009 at the 2010 census , [ 5 ] up from 9,471 in 2000. Geography
The Lea County Courthouse is an historic Art deco courthouse building located at 100 North Main Avenue in Lovington, New Mexico. It was designed in 1936 by architect Orville R. Walker of Lubbock and built by W. S. Moss. Until December, 1984, its second and third floors housed the county jail. [1] [2]
Lea County–Zip Franklin Memorial Airport (FAA LID: E06) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. [1] Located three nautical miles (6 km) west of the central business district of Lovington, New Mexico, [1] it is also known as Lovington Airport. [2]
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2]
Lea County, like most of the High Plains, eastern New Mexico and west-central Texas, is Republican. It has repeatedly claimed the status of the most Republican county in New Mexico in Presidential elections. In the 2004 Presidential election, Lea County was the top New Mexico county, as far as percentage, for Republican George W. Bush.
Section from NM 28 east renumbered NM 183 in the 1988 renumbering. Section from NM 28 west renumbered as NM 182 in 2000; one small section to the north was removed from the state highway system. It was rerouted over NM 319. NM 274 — — NM 10 near Cedar Crest: La Madera — 1980 NM 275: 14.938: 24.040 Broadview — — — NM 276: 5.800: 9 ...
The Lea Theater, an Art Deco theater in Lovington, New Mexico, was built in 1948.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] Renovations to the historic theater began on January 27, 2020 with updates to the Lobby and Concession area.
Before 1930, the planned Gulf, Texas and New Mexico Railway proposed to construct a branch running westward from Seminole, Texas via Lovington, NM and terminating at Roswell, New Mexico. However, the tracks were never constructed, and for a time the nearest rail line was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in nearby Seagraves, Texas .