Lemitar, New Mexico

About Lemitar

Lemitar, NM is a small unincorporated community located in central New Mexico.

Lemitar holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.37 square miles.

📰 Lemitar News Today

• Obituary for Adele Roberta (Drossman) Hagan Noblin Funeral Service · Mar 15
• Missing Runaway Advisory – Lemitar, NM – Destiny Torres NM Department of Public Safety (.gov) · Jul 20
• Daniel Blair Kloss dchieftain · May 7
• Lemitar, NM Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 26
• Can you get New Mexico chile at Taco Bell? The answer will soon be yes KOAT · Dec 6

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Lemitar Unique

• The only place in America named Lemitar — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of New Mexico — one of 528 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Lemitar

• Veranito Wilderness Study Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Lemitar

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