Profile for Grants, New Mexico, NM

Grants is on the San Jose River

Former and merged names include:
· Grants Station
· Los Alamitos

After uranium was discovered here in 1950, the community boomed. The last uranium mines and mills closed in the early 1980s

Filming location for:
· 1995 movie, "Clockers"

Nearby parks & recreation: El Malpais National Monument

Historic routes: Route 66

Historic sites and museums: New Mexico Mining Museum, Acoma Pueblo Museum

Colleges and universities: New Mexico State University-Grants

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

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Cemeteries (3)

Colleges (1)

Communities (1)

Hotels (8)

Libraries (1)

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• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

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• Grants city government

6% of Grants residents report German ancestry, and 5% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Grants ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Grants
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• Cibola County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - NM data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
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• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

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• Grants business guide
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• Courts in New Mexico
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• Crime in Cibola County
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• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
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• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in New Mexico
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Grants was $14,053, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Cibola County economic census
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• New Mexico economic data

13% of Grants residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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• Post history questions in Cibola County genealogy forum

Median rent in Grants, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $260.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $697.

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Libraries in Grants include Mother Whiteside Memorial Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Grants include Cibola County Beacon

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Cibola County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Grants political report.

• New Mexico Democratic party
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The average commute time for Grants workers is 17 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

Hotels in Grants include Best Western Inn & Suites, Comfort Inn, Econo Lodge, Grants Super 8 Motel, Holiday Inn Express, Motel 6, Travelodge.

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