Windmill, New Mexico

About Windmill

Windmill, NM is a small unincorporated community located in southwestern New Mexico.

Windmill holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.45 square miles.

📰 Windmill News Today

• Growing curiosity Las Cruces Bulletin · Aug 6
• The Winds of History: How New Mexico's Heritage in Wind Energy is Celebrated at Carrizozo Heritage Museum Pattern Energy · Oct 23
• Patricia Ann Schear-Carpenter Obituary (2025) - Roswell, NM - LaGrone Funeral Chapel & Crematory - Roswell Legacy | Obituary · Dec 30
• Windmill Manor in Albuquerque Breezes Into a Sale After $500K Price Cut Realtor.com · Feb 26
• Iconic windmill has new home at Farm & Ranch Museum - Las Cruces Sun-News Las Cruces Sun-News · May 4

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What Makes Windmill Unique

• The only place in America named Windmill — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• 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.

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 18 miles.

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