Old Columbus Jail
Old Columbus Jail is a building in Luna, New Mexico. Old Columbus Jail is situated nearby to the post office Columbus, NM 88029, as well as near the courthouse Columbus Municipal Court.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
Photo: Rodan44, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: ricardohc72, CC BY 3.0.
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 Old Columbus Jail.
Old Columbus Jail
- Type: Building
- Location: Luna, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
31.82929° or 31° 49′ 45″ northLongitude
-107.63885° or 107° 38′ 20″ westLevels
1Open location code
853JR9H6+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 320166546OpenStreetMap feature
building=historic
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