Lamy (New Mexico)

Santa Fe County

35-38890

Lamy is a place in Santa Fe County in the U.S. state of New Mexico south of the city of Santa Fe.

The village has no community legal constitution, but recognized for the purposes of the railway and the census as such. In 2000, the population was 137, the main route of the former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad ( ATSF ) runs through Lamy. It was originally intended that the railway should drive through Santa Fe itself, but the civil engineers involved recognized during the route construction, that the hills that surround Santa Fe, this course made ​​impractical, and the track was done by Lamy. Later, a branch from Lamy to Santa Fe was built, which Lamy an important railway junction was.

Geography

The boundaries of the place, as they were set by the United States Census Bureau, result in a total area of 2.8 km ². Water areas are not in place.

  • Place in New Mexico
  • Location in North America
  • Santa Fe County
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