The boundaries of Santa Fe county shall be defined as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of township eight north, range eleven east; thence north between ranges eleven and twelve east, to the northeast corner of township twenty north, range eleven east; thence west between townships twenty and twenty-one north, to the northwest corner of township twenty north, range seven east; thence south between ranges six and seven east to the southwest corner of township eight north, range seven east; thence east between townships seven and eight north to the place of beginning.

History: Laws 1889, ch. 127, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 596; Code 1915, § 1108; C.S. 1929, § 33-2401; 1941 Comp., § 15-2401; 1953 Comp., § 15-26-1.

Compiler's notes. — Since the enactment of this section, the following changes have been made in the boundaries of Santa Fe county: on the north, Espanola precinct number 16 was detached and made a part of Rio Arriba county [see 4-26-2 NMSA 1978 and also description of present boundaries of Rio Arriba county in compiler's notes under 4-21-1 NMSA 1978]; on the south, the southern boundary was made the township line between townships 9 and 10 north by the creation of Torrance county [see 4-30-1 NMSA 1978]; on the west, the present boundary is as described in this section, [see also 4-23-1 NMSA 1978] although a change in the boundary was made by Laws 1891, ch. 55 [see compiler's notes under 4-1-1 NMSA 1978]. The eastern boundary remains as described in this section. A change also was made by the creation of Los Alamos county by Laws 1949, ch. 134, compiled as 4-15-1 and 4-15-2 NMSA 1978.

Santa Fe county was originally created by Laws 1852, p. 292, which read: "The boundaries of the county of Santa Fe are, on the east, from the point of Torreones, drawing a direct line across the summit of the mountain until it reaches the angle formed by the eastern and southern boundaries of the county of Rio Arriba; from the above-mentioned point of Torreones, drawing a direct line toward the south, touching the point called Salinas in the mountain of Galisteo, and continuing said line until it reaches the Cibolo spring; from this point to the westward and turning the point of San Ysidro toward the north in the direction of Juana Lopez, touching the mouth of Las Bocas canyon, and from thence drawing a direct line toward the north, until it reaches the boundaries of the county of Rio Arriba."

The sections of this article were incorporated in Article 19 and Article 14 respectively of Chapter 24 of the 1915 Code. They were not reenacted by their inclusion therein, but were compiled merely for convenience. See the 1915 Code, p. 1665.

Cross references. — For boundaries of Los Alamos county, see 4-15-1 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Rio Arriba county, see 4-21-1 and 4-21-2 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Torrance county, see 4-30-1 NMSA 1978.