Lumberton is a census-designated place in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lumberton had a population of 70. U.S. Route 64 passes through the community.
It is zoned to Dulce Independent Schools. - Text list
History The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad constructed its San Juan Extension through the area in 1882.Myrick, David, ‘’New Mexico’s Railroads, A Historic Survey’’, University of New Mexico Press 1990. About 1894 a lumberman, E.M. Biggs, bought 40 acres from a ranch owned by Francisco Lobato, and laid out the townsite, naming it for the sawmills which he built there. A post office was established in 1894,Pearce, T.M., editor, New Mexico Place Names, A Geographical Dictionary, University of New Mexico Press 1965. which closed on January 28, 1995. Biggs also built extensive logging railroads north and south, the last of which were removed by 1928 when the marketable timber had been exhausted. The D&RG also closed and was removed in 1969.
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