Des Moines, New Mexico

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The village of Des Moines is located in Union County.

Des Moines is 2,020 feet [615.7 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

California, Iowa and Washington have communities that are also named Des Moines.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Des Moines had a population of 177 people^<2> (or 4.25% of the total population of Union County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Des Moines had a population of 162 people. This is a decrease of 8.47% 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 Des Moines.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Branson (CO)	N	17 mi [27.36 km]	77	---
	Cokedale (CO)	NW	50 mi [80.5 km]	134	3.6% decrease
	Kim (CO)	NE	42 mi [67.6 km]	65	---
	Starkville (CO)	NW	45 mi [72.4 km]	128	---
	Trinidad (CO)	NW	46 mi [74 km]	9,125	0.52% increase
	Clayton	SE	43 mi [69.2 km]	2,303	8.76% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Des Moines.

The Commemorative Quarter for New Mexico<4>

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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) Des Moines. 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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