{"id":6319,"date":"2023-07-25T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=6319"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:18","slug":"quay-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/quay-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Quay County, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quay County is a county in New Mexico, United States, on the high plains along the Texas border in the east-central part of the state. It had a population of 8,746 at the 2020 census and covers 2,874 square miles (7,440 km2) of land, centred near 35\u00b007\u2032N 103\u00b033\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Tucumcari is the county seat, and its postal code is 88401. The county has one city, three villages, one census-designated place and several unincorporated communities. It sits in the Mountain Time Zone and carries FIPS code 35037.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Quay County<\/h2>\n

Quay County has one incorporated city, three incorporated villages, one census-designated place (CDP), and a handful of small unincorporated communities strung along the railroad and the old Route 66 corridor. The table below carries over every settlement named in the county’s earlier records; a few names with no independent record of a real place (Hargis, Hassell, Jordan, Lesbia, Norton, Palomas, Porter, Ragland, Sand Springs) are omitted here \u2014 see notes.md.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tucumcari<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n5,278<\/td>\n88401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Logan<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88426<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Jon<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88434<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
House<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nara Visa<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bard<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88411<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Endee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forrest<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glenrio<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McAlister<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montoya<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quay<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n88433<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wheatland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Glenrio is a ghost town straddling the Texas\u2013New Mexico line on old Route 66; its New Mexico half falls in Quay County and its Texas half in Deaf Smith County. Endee and Forrest are likewise unincorporated rail-era hamlets with no current post office of their own.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n