Bent is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 150 as of the 2020 census. Bent has a post office with ZIP code 88314.[4][5] U.S. Route 70 passes through the community.

History

A post office called Bent has been in operation since 1906.[6] The community has the name of George Bent, a businessperson in the local mining industry.[7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010119—
202015026.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[8][3]

Education

Bent is within the Tularosa Municipal Schools district.[9]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bent, New Mexico
  3. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  6. ^ "Otero County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  7. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 12.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Otero County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  10. ^ Betz, Myrtle Scharrer (2012). Caladesi Cookbook: Recipes from a Florida Lifetime, 1895-1992. Tampa, Florida: University of Tampa Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-159732095-5.
  11. ^ Betz, Myrtle Scharrer (2023) [1984]. Yesteryear I Lived in Paradise: the Story of Caladesi Island. Tampa, Florida: University of Tampa Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-159732033-7.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent,_New_Mexico
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