Moriarty (New Mexico)

Torrance County

35-50160

Moriarty is a city with the status of City in Torrance County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

Geography

At a distance of 50 kilometers west of Moriarty is Alamogordo. Santa Fe is located 70 kilometers to the north. The Interstate 40 highway runs right through the city and replaced in this section, the former Route 66

History

Moriarty takes its name from a native of Iowa settlers Timothy Michael Moriarty, who settled in 1887 with his family in the region and initially operated a small ranch. As 1903, the Santa Fe Central Railroad, which was later acquired by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, a railway line built through the village and a depot docked, the population grew. The railway was closed down after a few years, however. In 1937, the road connecting Route 66 from Albuquerque to Santa Rosa was also performed by Moriarty, but replaced in the 1960s by the I -40.

Today Moriarty is in agriculture and tourism active and organized parades, rodeos, mud bogging competitions with Monster Trucks, Soaring and in each year in October a Pinto Bean Festival.

Demography

In 2012 a population of 1868 persons was determined, which represents an increase of 5.8% over 2000. The average age of the residents was 35.6 years in 2012, well below the average of New Mexico, which was 45.5 years.

43.7 % of today's residents are Hispanic, and 2.0 % Native American origin. Other immigrant groups during the beginnings of the town came to 12.5 % from Germany to 10.1% in England and 9.6% from Ireland.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Toney Anaya ( born 1941 ), politician