About the town » Maxwell, Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
Records from Maxwell
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Maxwell is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 274 at the 2000 census. Unlike nearby Springer, the village has been losing population due to the rural exodus. Maxwell was established in 1879 as a railroad town on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe. It was named in honor of Lucien Maxwell, who provided the land for the original townsite from his Maxwell Land Grant.
Please note, there are several place names with this name that appear in publications on Genealogy Online:
- Maxwell, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States
- Maxwell, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States
- Maxwell, Franklin County, Tennessee, United States
- Maxwell, Caldwell County, Texas, United States
- Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, United States
- Maxwell, Peoria County, Illinois, United States
- Maxwell, Colusa County, California, United States
- Maxwell, Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States