Riverside, Eddy County, New Mexico

Riverside, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Riverside is located in New Mexico
Riverside
Riverside
Location within the state of New Mexico
Riverside is located in the United States
Riverside
Riverside
Riverside (the United States)
Coordinates: 32°50′10″N 104°18′38″W / 32.83611°N 104.31056°W / 32.83611; -104.31056
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
List of counties in New MexicoEddy
Elevation
3,332 ft (1,015 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
88210
Area code575

Riverside is an unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.[1] It is located on the left bank (east side) of the Pecos River about five miles east of Artesia, New Mexico on U.S. Route 82 (Lovington Highway).[2] Riverside is in the Loco Hills Division of Eddy County.[3]

The community of Riverside grew up in the 1970s as a place for oil workers' mobile homes and oil field support.[1] It was almost abandoned in the early 1980s, but came back in the 1990s as oil prices rose. Mack Energy Corporation has its corporate offices in Riverside.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Julyan, Robert (1998). "Riverside (Eddy County)". The Place Names of New Mexico (revised ed.). Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-8263-1689-1.
  2. ^ Spring Lake Quadrangle, Eddy County, New Mexico (Map) (photorevised 1975 ed.). 1:24,000. 7.5 minutes series (topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1975.
  3. ^ "Loco Hills Division, NM Boundary Map". NM Hometown locator. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mack Energy constructs new headquarters". Artesia News. May 6, 2010. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014.


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