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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lovington

 
Clickable Map of Lea County, New Mexico and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Lea County, NM (15) Chaves County, NM (36) Eddy County, NM (45) Roosevelt County, NM (9) Andrews County, TX (24) Cochran County, TX (8) Gaines County, TX (6) Loving County, TX (6) Winkler County, TX (16) Yoakum County, TX (5)  LeaCounty(15) Lea County (15)  ChavesCounty(36) Chaves County (36)  EddyCounty(45) Eddy County (45)  RooseveltCounty(9) Roosevelt County (9)  AndrewsCountyTexas(24) Andrews County (24)  CochranCounty(8) Cochran County (8)  GainesCounty(6) Gaines County (6)  LovingCounty(6) Loving County (6)  WinklerCounty(16) Winkler County (16)  YoakumCounty(5) Yoakum County (5)
Lovington is the county seat for Lea County
Lovington is in Lea County
Lea County (15)  ►
ADJACENT TO LEA COUNTY
Chaves County (36)  ►
Eddy County (45)  ►
Roosevelt County (9)  ►
Andrews County, Texas (24)  ►
Cochran County, Texas (8)  ►
Gaines County, Texas (6)  ►
Loving County, Texas (6)  ►
Winkler County, Texas (16)  ►
Yoakum County, Texas (5)  ►
 
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1 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — 1882 — Commercial Hotel —
On South Love Street at East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Love Street.
Built 1918 Lovington's first modern hotel. SR 1882 A Registered Cultural Property State of New Mexico — — Map (db m196790) HM
2 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — Lea County War Memorial —
On Main Street (U.S. 82) at East Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
… that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain … – Abraham Lincoln World War I Reginald E. Baird • Law G. Barron • Y. C. Blakey • Jesse R. Cross • James H. English • Claud P. Graves • Walter A. Grizzell • . . . — — Map (db m235238) WM
3 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — 383 — Lovington — Population 9,727 • Elevation 3,900 —
On Hobbs Highway (State Highway 18) 0.2 miles south of East Gilmore Street (County Road 96), on the right when traveling north.
Lovington is named after Robert Florence Love, who founded the town on his homestead in 1908. It was a farming and ranching community until the discovery of the Denton pool after World War II turned it into an oil town. It is the county seat of Lea . . . — — Map (db m235234) HM
4 ► New Mexico, Lea County, Lovington — Pyburn House —
On North 4th Street at West Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North 4th Street.
[Top] has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior [Bottom] Constructed 1935-1937 by J. W. Pyburn, educator and school superintendent. Originally a . . . — — Map (db m235253) HM
 
 
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026