Shakespeare
Shakespeare is a ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is currently part of a privately owned ranch, sometimes open to tourists. The entire community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: ghost town and historic district in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “Grant”, “Mexican Springs”, “Ralston”, “Ralston City”, “Shakespeare Ghost Town”, “Shakespeare, New Mexico”, and “Shakespeare, NM”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lordsburg station.
Lordsburg station
Railway station
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.
Lordsburg station is an Amtrak train station located at Center Street and East Motel Drive, on the south side of the tracks, in Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States. Lordsburg station is situated 2½ miles northeast of Shakespeare.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lordsburg.
Lordsburg
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.
Lordsburg is a city in and the county seat of Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. Hidalgo County includes the southern "bootheel" of New Mexico, along the Arizona border. The population was 2,335 at the 2020 census.
Shakespeare
- Categories: ghost town and NRHP district
- Location: Hidalgo, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.32592° or 32° 19′ 33″ northLongitude
-108.73839° or 108° 44′ 18″ westElevation
4,469 feet (1,362 metres)Open location code
854H87G6+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 151372061OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Shakespeare” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莎士比亞 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “莎士比亞”
- Japanese: “シェークスピア”
- Navajo: “Naakaiitóhí”
- Urdu: “شیکسپیئر، نیو میکسیکو”
- Urdu: “شیکسپیئر”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shakespeare Historical Marker and Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shakespeare”. Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.