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 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Mosquero Namesake: The Spanish word mosquero ("fly-catcher") Founding: 1908 (post office) Population (2020): 98 Population (historic): 401...