Taiban, New Mexico

Taiban, New Mexico
Unincorporated comumunity
The now-abandoned Taiban Presbyterian Church was built in 1908, February 2008.[1]
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Coordinates: 34°26′24″N 104°00′33″W
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	De Baca
Elevation [2]	4,131 ft (1,259 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code	88134
Area code	575
GNIS feature ID	899942[2]

Taiban is an unincorporated community in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States.

Description

The community is located on New Mexico State Road 252 at U.S. Routes 60 and 84. Founded in 1906 as a ranching community, it was named for nearby Taiban Creek.^[3]

The town is famous for being the location where Pat Garrett captured Billy the Kid and his associates on December 23, 1880.

See also

New Mexico portal

References

1. Application for Registration, New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Taiban, New Mexico
3. Kilmer, Harold (1999). "Taiban, New Mexico". Rootsweb. Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

External links

• "Lonely church a reminder of once-robust town", Albuquerque Journal, Leslie Linthicum, March 1. 2009