Harding County, New Mexico

Founding: 1921
Parent counties: Mora and Union

Namesake: Warren Harding, U.S. president
Seat: Mosquero (1921–)

Land area: 2,125 square miles

Population (2020): 695

Population (historic): 4,421 (1930); 4,374 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930

Subdivisions: Two villages

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 164 (28.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $365
Average outbuilding value (1930): $354
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.3 rooms

Number of farms (1930): 628
Sources of settlement: Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri
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Mosquero

Namesake: The Spanish word mosquero ("fly-catcher")

Founding: 1908 (post office)

Population (2020): 98

Population (historic): 401 (1930); 742 (1940)

Periods of population growth: pre-1930–1940
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 47 (54.7%)

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