Raton

Directly north of the city is the Raton Mountain Range and Raton Peak. The Raton Range is 75 miles long and extends east of .

According to the US Census Bureau , Raton has an area of ​​19.0 km².

For centuries, , located north of the city, has been used by Spanish explorers and Indians to overcome the Rocky Mountains , but for wagons this road was impassable.

The postal station located on this site was called Willow Springs in 1877-1879, Otero in 1879-1880, and was renamed Raton in 1880 ^[1] .

In 1879, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway company acquired a local toll road and organized a busy railway line. Raton began to develop rapidly as a railway, mining, and cattle-breeding center for northeastern New Mexico , and also became the county’s administrative center and major trading center for the region.

According to the 2000 census ^[2] , 7,282 people lived in Raton , 1981 had a family, there were 3035 households and 3472 residential buildings. The average population density was about 383.1 people per square kilometer. According to the census, Raton ’s racial composition was as follows: 78.04% White , 0.23% Black or African American , 1.59% Native American , 0.40% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Rim , 3.53% are representatives of mixed races, 16.19% are of other nationalities. Hispanic accounted for 56.96% of all residents.

Of 3035 households, 30.7% raised children under the age of 18 years, 47.0% were couples living together, in 12.9% of families women lived without husbands, 34.7% did not have families. 30.6% of the total number of families at the time of the census lived independently, while 14.1% were single elderly people aged 65 years and older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.92.

According to the 2000 census, the population by age range was as follows: 25.1% - residents under the age of 18, 7.8% - between 18 and 24 years old, 24.9% - from 25 to 44 years old, 23.9% - from 45 to 64 years old and 18.4% - at the age of 65 years and older. The average age of residents was 40 years. For every 100 females in Raton, there are 94.5 males, while for every 100 females 18 years and older, 92.1 males are also over 18 years old.

The average household income was $ 27,028 and the average household income was $ 31,762. At the same time, men had an average income of $ 24,946 per year, compared to $ 18,433 of the average annual income for women. Per capita income was $ 14,223 a year. 14.8% of the total number of families in the city and 17.4% of the total population were below the poverty line at the time of the census, with 25.2% of those under the age of 18 and 10.4% of those aged 65 and older.

Roads

•   I-25
•   US 87
•   US 64

Railway

• Amtrak Southwest Chief Station Station from Chicago to Los Angeles

Air Transport

• Raton Municipal Airport

• Translated from Spanish, Ratón means "mouse."
• Raton is mentioned in Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road .

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  Downtown

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  Amtrak Station

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  Santa Fe Road

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  First christian church

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  War memorial

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  Raton Museum

• Jay T. Conway. A brief community history of Raton, New Mexico, 1880-1930: Commemorating Her Fiftieth Birthday. - Raton, New Mexico: Gazette Print, 1930.

• Official website
• Raton, New Mexico . Sangres.com. Date of treatment August 27, 2013. Archived on September 15, 2013.
• Raton Chamber & Economic Development Council