Wagon Mound, NM, is a
small village in Mora County, in northeast New Mexico, on
Interstate 25. The town sits at the base of the Wagon Mound,
which lies on the old Santa Fe Trail. The Mound is said to
resemble the conestoga wagons which traveled the Santa Fe
Trail in early days. Wagon Mound is about 40 miles north of
Las Vegas, 20 miles south of Springer, and 60 miles south
of Raton. The population of Wagon Mound is approximately 350
people (as of the 2006 census).
