Clines Corners, New Mexico

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Clines Corners, New Mexico
Clines Corners, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Clines Corners, New Mexico
Clines Corners, New Mexico
Coordinates: 35°00′34″N 105°40′09″W / 35.00944°N 105.66917°W / 35.00944; -105.66917
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountyTorrance
Elevation
7,057 ft (2,151 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87070[1]
Area code575
GNIS feature ID898646[2]

Clines Corners is an unincorporated community in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States.[2] Clines Corners is located at the junction of Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 285, 21.6 miles (34.8 km) east of Moriarty. The community was established in 1934 by Roy E. Cline, who built a rest stop at what was then the intersection of U.S. Route 66 and US 285; the rest stop, known as Clines Corners Retail Center, is now over 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) in size.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Clines Corners". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ "History of Clines Corners". Clines Corners. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2019.

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