Pleasanton, New Mexico | |
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Coordinates: 33°16′20″N 108°52′22″W / 33.27222°N 108.87278°W [1] | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Catron |
Area | |
• Total | 1.58 sq mi (4.09 km2) |
• Land | 1.52 sq mi (3.94 km2) |
• Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
Population | |
• Total | 97 |
• Density | 63.69/sq mi (24.59/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | MDT |
Area code | 575 |
GNIS feature ID | 35-58420 |
Pleasanton is a census-designated place in the Williams Valley of Catron County, south of Glenwood and north of Cliff, in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 106. [4] It was renowned as a safehaven for Mormon polygamists for several years. [5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 97 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] [3] |
Pleasanton was founded by Mormons in 1882. [7] The 24th child of Mormon polygamist Jacob Hamblin was born there in 1884. [8] Hamblin died of malarial fever in 1886. [9] Other polygamists, including William Maxwell, made their home in Pleasanton specifically to evade the law. [10]
In 1885 a band of Chiricahua Apache killed a group of U.S. Army soldiers in a triple cross-fire trap near Pleasanton. [11]
It is in the Reserve Independent School District. [12]