Glenwood, New Mexico | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Mexico |
Pushpin Label: | Glenwood |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Catron |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.55 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.54 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Area Total Km2: | 4.01 |
Area Land Km2: | 3.99 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 113 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 73.33 |
Population Density Km2: | 28.32 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Elevation Ft: | 4708 |
Coordinates: | 33.3033°N -108.8761°W |
Area Code: | 575 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2584104 |
Glenwood is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 143.[2] The area was founded in 1878 as Bush Ranch. Located near the San Francisco River, Glenwood is northwest of Silver City on U.S. Route 180, and is south of Reserve.
The first house was built in Glenwood in 1878 on the Bush Ranch, later renamed White Water for the creek that runs through it. When it was a stage stop the town was called Glenwood Springs, and in 1901 the town was formally named Glenwood. New Mexico's first powered airplane flight happened in 1909 near Glenwood.[3]
In the 1930s Glenwood was the site of several mild earthquakes.[4]
In 1889 silver and gold was discovered in the Mogollon Mountains above Whitewater Canyon, just east of Glenwood. Several mines were developed, and ore was hauled in wagons to a mill at the mouth of the canyon. The town of Graham was founded in the mountains, and water was needed to operate the electric generators. It came from a pipeline reaching up into the canyon, and was held onto the rock walls of the canyon with timbers and iron bars that were in constant need of maintenance. Workmen dubbed it the Catwalk, and today it is operated as part of the Glenwood Ranger District of the Gila National Forest.[5] Today it is the site of the one-mile Catwalk National Recreation Trail, a universal access walking trail which follows the route of the old pipeline, clinging dramatically to the side of Whitewater Canyon often a dozen feet or more above Whitewater Creek.[6]
Glenwood is home to the Gila National Forest Glenwood Ranger Station and the Glenwood State Trout Hatchery.[7]
It is in the Reserve Independent School District.[8]
The community is served by the Glenwood Public Library.