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Lanark is a ghost town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico about 30 miles northwest of El Paso, Texas and close to Kilbourne Hole.[1]
History
Lanark had a U.S. Post Office from 1905 until 1923.
Extant is a "small collection of buildings, water tank, and fuel depot built for trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad track from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles."[1]
References
^ ab "Ghost Towns in New Mexico and Texas". Retrieved 2010-12-29.Lanark was a small collection of buildings, water tank, and fuel depot built for trains on the Southern Pacific Railroad track from El Paso, Texas to Los Angeles. Lanark was about 30 miles northwest of El Paso. Lanark had a U.S. Post Office from 1905 until 1923. The name "Lanark" continues today as the name of a U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute topological map, for which Lanark is the principal "town" in this desert area. Lanark is near Kilbourne Hole, a large, volcanic, steam blow-out hole (technically a "maar") that resembles a meteor crater. Kilbourne Hole is a famous site for collecting rocks containing olivine, also called peridotite.
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Coordinates: 31°58′12″N 106°48′59″W / 31.97000°N 106.81639°W / 31.97000; -106.81639
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