city of Raton, New Mexico

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The city of Raton, New Mexico, is a small historic community in northeastern New Mexico near the Colorado border, known as a gateway to the Rocky Mountains and the surrounding high plains.

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city of Raton, New Mexico canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 575 ⓘ
borderedBy Raton Range ⓘ
linked to: Raton Mountains
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
climateClassification Köppen BSk ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Colfax County, New Mexico ⓘ
developedAs railroad town ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 100 miles northeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
economicActivity outdoor recreation ⓘ
service industries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel approximately 2036 meters ⓘ
approximately 6680 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 35-61740 ⓘ
founded late 19th century ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0915860 ⓘ
governedBy mayor–council government ⓘ
hasAirport Raton Municipal Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Raton Museum ⓘ
Shuler Theater ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Raton Historic District ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity coal mining ⓘ
railroad services ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Colfax County, New Mexico ⓘ
knownFor access to surrounding high plains ⓘ
gateway to the Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Rocky Mountains ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Colorado border ⓘ
locatedOn Interstate 25 ⓘ
Raton Pass ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Raton Pass ⓘ
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
nameMeaning mouse ⓘ
near Capulin Volcano National Monument ⓘ
Sugarite Canyon State Park ⓘ
partOf High Plains region ⓘ
population approximately 6000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
postalCode 87740 ⓘ
servedBy Amtrak Southwest Chief (nearby Raton station) ⓘ
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ

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Raton Pass → locatedNear → city of Raton, New Mexico ⓘ