Timberon, New Mexico

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Timberon is in the Sacramento Mountains to the east of Alamogordo. As you can see, someone had big plans for this place...but where are all the people???
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timberon,_New_Mexico
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Coordinates:   32°37'36"N   105°41'22"W

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  • isn't this the land that erik Estrada is selling on tv
  • No, those are in CA and FL.
  • From a Timberon Website: In March of 1969, about 9,000 plus acres (a portion) of the Circle Cross Ranch was sold by Willie Farah to a group of businessmen, headed by Johnny Mobley, who formed the corporation known as North American Land Developments. The name of Timberon for this development was chosen by Johnny Mobley during an informal business discussion in July, 1969. North American Land Developments went bankrupt in 1989 mostly due to a sagging economy and a failed attempt at developing time-shares around the golf course.
  • My parents lived here in the 90's. It is a beautiful mountain valley, and about as far south as you can go and still have green trees and running streams, but very remote -- 2 to 3 hrs drive to nearest Safeway or high school. The developer went broke in the oil bust / S&L debacle of the late 80's. Of the 5000 or so homesites, only a few hundred homes were built and fewer than 100 are occupied year-round.
  • Population 309 in 2000 census.
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