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  Bernalillo - History
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Parents > United States > New Mexico > NM Counties > Bernalillo  
Websitehttps://www.bernco.gov
Established January 09, 1852
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP January 10, 2023 08:42am
DescriptionCreated in 1852 as one of the nine original counties; named for the settlement of Bernalillo nearby; county seat is Albuquerque.

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January 01, 1905 -


BERNALILLO lost to creation of TORRANCE. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1903, 35th assy., ch. 70/pp. 132-134)

April 14, 1903 - January 01, 1905


BERNALILLO lost to creation of SANDOVAL. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1903, 35th assy., ch. 27/pp. 37-43)

March 18, 1901 - April 14, 1903


BERNALILLO lost to McKINLEY and VALENCIA. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1901, 34th assy., ch. 39/pp. 75-79)

January 01, 1901 - March 18, 1901


BERNALILLO lost to creation of McKINLEY, and lost to VALENCIA. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1899, 33d assy., ch. 19/pp. 43-45)

February 13, 1897 - January 01, 1901


BERNALILLO lost to GUADALUPE (orig). (N.M. Terr. Laws 1897, 32d assy., ch. 8/p. 22)

February 28, 1895 - February 13, 1897


BERNALILLO gained from RIO ARRIBA. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1895, 31st assy., ch. 10/pp. 41-42)

February 25, 1891 - February 28, 1895


BERNALILLO gained from SANTA FE. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1891, 29th assy., ch. 55/pp. 106-107)

February 28, 1889 - February 25, 1891


BERNALILLO exchanged with SANTA FE. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1888, 28th assy., ch. 127/pp. 301-302)

March 04, 1882 - February 28, 1889


BERNALILLO exchanged with SANTA FE. BERNALILLO was divided into two parts encompassing territory bith east and west of SANTA FE. Division remained until 25 Feb 1891. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1882, 25th assy., ch. 83/p. 174)

January 13, 1876 - March 04, 1882


BERNALILLO gained all of SANTA ANA (extinct); SANTA ANA eliminated. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1875-1876, 22d assy., ch. 8/pp. 38-40)

January 13, 1870 - January 13, 1876


BERNALILLO lost to VALENCIA. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1869-1870, 19th assy., ch. 16/p. 44)

January 15, 1869 - January 13, 1870


By 15 Jan 1869 BERNALILLO had lost to SAN MIGUEL. Though no law has been found authorizing this change, the definition for the creation of LINCOLN on 16 Jan 1869 depends on the SAN MIGUEL boundary having been extended southward as mapped. (Coan, 259)

February 24, 1863 - January 15, 1869


BERNALILLO lost to creation of Arizona Terr.. (U.S. Stat., vol. 12, pp. 664 - 665; Van Zandt, p. 165)

January 09, 1852 - February 24, 1863


BERNALILLO gained from VALENCIA and Non-County Area 1, exchanged with SAN MIGUEL, and lost to SANTA ANA and SANTA FE when all counties redefined; included parts of present Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. (N.M. Terr. Laws 1851, 1st assy., 2d sess. /p. 292)

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