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Maxwell

New Mexico · NM
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About Maxwell

Village in New Mexico, United States
224Population
0.5 sq miArea
5,925 ftElevation

Maxwell is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Maxwell had a population of 224. Maxwell was established in 1879 as a railroad town on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was named in honor of Lucien Maxwell, who provided the land for the original townsite from his Maxwell Land Grant.

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