Buckhorn, New Mexico

About Buckhorn

Set in the southwestern part of New Mexico, Buckhorn is a small unincorporated community.

Buckhorn holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.64 square miles.

📰 Buckhorn News Today

• Buckhorn Tavern Serves One of New Mexico’s Best Burgers Only In Your State · Aug 18
• This Historic New Mexico Restaurant Puts You In The Center Of The American Old West Tasting Table · Aug 8
• Watch: Mother, child rescued after flash flood swamps car in New Mexico FOX Weather · Sep 5
• Heart of New Mexico: Buckhorn Tavern KOB 4 · Nov 16
• VIDEO: Child, woman and dog rescued amid flooding in southwest New Mexico KOAT · Sep 5

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What Makes Buckhorn Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southwestern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of New Mexico — one of 528 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 21 miles.

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