Raton, New Mexico

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Raton, New Mexico is a small city in northeastern New Mexico near the Colorado border, historically significant as a railroad and mining hub and a gateway to the surrounding Raton Pass and mountain region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 575 ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Colfax County, New Mexico ⓘ
currentEconomicActivities outdoor recreation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
distanceToDenver about 220 miles south of Denver ⓘ
distanceToStateCapital about 230 miles northeast of Santa Fe ⓘ
economicHistory coal mining ⓘ
railroad services ⓘ
elevation approximately 2036 meters ⓘ
approximately 6680 feet ⓘ
FIPSCode 35-61740 ⓘ
gatewayTo Raton Pass ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
GNISFeatureID 0915860 ⓘ
governingBody Raton City Commission ⓘ
governmentType commission-manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Raton Municipal Airport – Crews Field ⓘ
hasHighSchool Raton High School ⓘ
hasLandmark Raton Museum ⓘ
Shuler Theater ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Capulin Volcano National Monument ⓘ
Sugarite Canyon State Park ⓘ
historicalRole coal mining center ⓘ
railroad hub ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1891 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Colfax County, New Mexico ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification BSk ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Colorado border ⓘ
Raton Pass ⓘ
locatedOn Interstate 25 ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Spanish word "ratón" meaning "mouse" ⓘ
nearestMountainPass Raton Pass ⓘ
nearGeologicalFeature Raton Basin ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea none (micropolitan area center) ⓘ
population approximately 6000 (early 2020s) ⓘ
postalCode 87740 ⓘ
region High Plains ⓘ
linked to: High Plains region
schoolDistrict Raton Public Schools ⓘ
servedByRailroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raton Basin → namedAfter → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
John Slessor → birthPlace → Raton, New Mexico Territory, United States ⓘ
linked to: Raton, New Mexico
Colfax County, New Mexico → seat → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Colfax County, New Mexico → countySeat → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Colfax County, New Mexico → largestCity → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 → passesThrough → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
U.S. Route 64 → runsThrough → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Raton Formation → namedFor → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
BNSF Railway Raton Subdivision → passesNear → Raton New Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Raton, New Mexico
Raton Mountains → nearCity → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Dawson, New Mexico → locatedNear → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Springer, New Mexico → isInCountySeatProximity → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Raton Basin coal fields → majorMiningCenters → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
US 64 → passesThrough → Raton, New Mexico ⓘ