Dusty, New Mexico

Duranes
(Rio Arriba County)

Dwyer
(Grant County)

Community
Profile

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Current Weather

While our information shows that the community of Dusty is historic,^<1> we want to be sure that it has a presence on our website. As we gather information about Dusty, we'll be sure to add our findings.

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Truth or Consequences. It is located about 35 miles [56 km] to the southeast of where Dusty would have been located and has a population of 7,289 people.^<2>

The next largest community is Elephant Butte. It is located about 39 miles [62 km] to the southeast of Dusty and has a population of 1,390 people.

Other large communities in the area:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Magdalena	NE	41 mi [66 km]	974	6.68% increase
Williamsburg	SE	40 mi [64.4 km]	496	5.88% decrease

Socorro County

Dusty would have been located within present day Socorro County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Socorro: Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, Sierra, Torrance and Valencia.

Other nearby counties: Catron County is located north of Dusty; Sierra County is to the south.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
New Mexico ^<4>

Search for Local Businesses

We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities. Since Dusty no longer exists, the following searches are actually centered on the nearby community of Truth or Consequences. 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.

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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Footnotes

<1>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dusty, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<2>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Dusty. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Dusty and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation


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