Census Data for Cantara

As far as we can tell, Cantara has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Cantara, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

• Melrose
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Melrose is located in Curry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <2>
• Floyd
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Floyd have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Floyd
  • Floyd is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Floyd <2>
• House
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for House
  • House is located in Quay County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for House <2>
• Fort Sumner
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Sumner
  • Fort Sumner is located in DeBaca County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Sumner <2>
• Portales
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portales
  • Portales is located in Roosevelt County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portales <2>

Curry County ...

Cantara is primarily located in Curry County<3>. A portion of Cantara extends into Roosevelt County.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Curry County.

Miscellaneous Information for Cantara ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Curry County or the community of Cantara:

• The GNIS Codes ...
  • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Cantara:
  • GNIS ID for Cantara: 898526
  • GNIS ID for Curry County: 933053
  • GNIS ID for State of New Mexico: 897535

• The FIPS Codes ...
  • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
  • State Code: 35 (New Mexico)
  • County Code: 009 (Curry County)
  • Place Code: 11590 (Cantara)
  • State & County Code: 35/009 (New Mexico / Curry County)
  • State & Place Code: 35/11590 (New Mexico / Cantara)

• Misc. Census Codes ...
  • Cantara is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Cantara.