Clairmont, New Mexico
Ghost town in New Mexico, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clairmont is a ghost town located 19 miles northeast of Glenwood in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.[1]
Clairmont | |
|---|---|
  Clairmont Location within the state of New Mexico  Clairmont Clairmont (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°26′41″N 108°46′46″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Catron |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT |
| Area code | 575 |
History
As early as 1822 the site is reported to have been a mining camp, surviving through the 1880s as a supply center for prospectors. It is located near Copper Creek, today there are old log cabins and a corral on the site.[2] In 1883 the town had a post office.[3] Clairmont is noted by historians as having been a significant mining community.[4]
