Carrizozo, New Mexico

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The town of Carrizozo is located in Lincoln County and is the county seat.

Carrizozo is 1,640 feet [499.87 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Carrizozo lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Carrizozo, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Carrizozo had a population of 1,036 people^<2> (or 5.3% of the total population of Lincoln County). The population of Carrizozo represented 0.06% of the total of New Mexico, making it the state's 66th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Carrizozo had a population of 1,047 people. This is an increase of 1.06% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Carrizozo.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alpine Cellars Village	SE	21 mi [33.8 km]	---
	Capitan	SE	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,510	4.64% increase
	Cloudcroft	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	883	17.89% increase
	Corona	N	44 mi [70.8 km]	185	12.12% increase
	La Luz	S	46 mi [74 km]	---
	Mescalero	S	34 mi [54.7 km]	---

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Carrizozo.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Carrizozo. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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