Hermanas - New Mexico Ghost Town

HERMANAS

NAME: Hermanas
COUNTY: Luna
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 7
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Farming community
REMAINS: Remains of the railroad house

SPrincipally a railroad town on the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad line, Hermanas was a farming and stock raising community whose population probably never exceeded one hundred and fifty people. Its post office opened in 1903 and closed in 1925. The only remaining evidence of the town today is what is left of the railroad section house. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth. HERMANAS: Span. 'Sisters'. On NM 9 and Sp RR, 32 mis S of Deming. founded in 1879, and namedfor Tres Hermanas Mts. to the E. HERMANAS: Post office 1903 / 1925 Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

SPrincipally a railroad town on the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad line, Hermanas was a farming and stock raising community whose population probably never exceeded one hundred and fifty people. Its post office opened in 1903 and closed in 1925. The only remaining evidence of the town today is what is left of the railroad section house. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

HERMANAS: Span. 'Sisters'. On NM 9 and Sp RR, 32 mis S of Deming. founded in 1879, and namedfor Tres Hermanas Mts. to the E. HERMANAS: Post office 1903 / 1925 Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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