Columbus Elementary School
Columbus Elementary School is a school in Luna, New Mexico and has an elevation of 4,068 feet. Columbus Elementary School is situated nearby to the aerodrome Columbus Municipal Airport, as well as near the town Puerto Palomas.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Columbus Municipal Airport.
Columbus Municipal Airport
Aerodrome
Columbus Municipal Airport is an abandoned airport in New Mexico. Its origins date to 1916 when it was used by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps as a military airfield during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Columbus and Puerto Palomas.
Columbus
Town
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Columbus is an incorporated village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about 3 miles north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of a 1916 attack by Mexican general Francisco "Pancho" Villa that caused the United States to send 10,000 troops there in the Mexican Expedition.
Puerto Palomas
Town
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Puerto Palomas de Villa, also known simply as Palomas or as General Rodrigo M. Quevedo, is a small town of 4,688 people in the municipality of Ascensión, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It borders the village of Columbus, New Mexico, in the United States. Puerto Palomas is situated 3½ miles south of Columbus Elementary School.
Columbus Elementary School
- Type: School
- Category: education
- Location: Luna, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.8276° or 31° 49′ 39″ northLongitude
-107.64002° or 107° 38′ 24″ westElevation
4,068 feet (1,240 metres)Open location code
853JR9H5+2XGeoNames ID
5462684
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