That the county of Union is hereby created out of that portion of the territory of New Mexico lying and being situate within the following metes and bounds, to wit: commencing at a point on the line between the state of Colorado and the territory of New Mexico where the range line between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east crosses said line between the territory of New Mexico and state of Colorado; thence from said point, running south on said range line between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east, to the south line of the county of Mora, in said territory; thence east along the south line of the said county of Mora to the east line of what is known and called the Pablo Montoya grant; thence in a southeasterly direction along the easterly line of the said Pablo Montoya grant to the north line of what is called and known as Baca location number two; thence east along the north line of said Baca location number two to the northeast corner of said Baca location number two; thence south along the east line of said Baca location number two to the southeast corner of said Baca location number two; thence continuing south to the township line between townships eleven and twelve north; thence east along said line between townships eleven and twelve north, to the east line of the territory of New Mexico; thence north on the east line of the territory of New Mexico to the northeast corner of said territory of New Mexico; thence west along the north line of said territory of New Mexico, to the range line, between ranges twenty-seven and twenty-eight east, the point of beginning.

History: Laws 1893, ch. 49, § 1; 1895, ch. 12, § 1; C.L. 1897, § 615; Code 1915, § 1115; C.S. 1929, § 33-2901; 1941 Comp., § 15-2901; 1953 Comp., § 15-31-1.

Compiler's notes. — Union county was formed from the eastern portion of Colfax, Mora, and San Miguel counties. Harding and Quay counties have since been formed from the southern parts of Union county.

The present boundaries of Union county may be described as follows: commencing at a point on the line between the states of Colorado and New Mexico where the range line between ranges 27 and 28 east meets said state line; thence south [description from 4-31-1 NMSA 1978] on the range line between ranges 27 and 28 east to the southwest corner of township 23 north of range 28 east [description from 4-11-1 NMSA 1978]; thence east on the township line between townships 22 and 23 north to the range line between ranges 29 and 30 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 29 and 30 east to the township line between townships 21 and 22 north; thence east on said township line to the range line between ranges 33 and 34 east; thence south on said range line to the fifth standard parallel north; thence west on said standard parallel to the northwest corner of township 20 north of range 34 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 33 and 34 east to the township line between townships 17 and 18 north; thence east on the township line to the boundary line between the states of New Mexico and Texas [description from 4-20-1 NMSA 1978]; thence north on the east boundary line of the state to the south line boundary of the state of Colorado; thence west on the New Mexico-Colorado state line to the point of beginning.

The sections of this article were incorporated in Article 24, 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 Colfax county, see 4-4-1 to 4-4-3 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Harding county, see 4-11-1 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Mora county, see 4-18-1 to 4-18-3 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of Quay county, see 4-20-1 NMSA 1978.

For boundaries of San Miguel county, see 4-25-1 NMSA 1978.