| Lingo, New Mexico | |
| Settlement Type: | Populated place |
| Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within New Mexico##Location within the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Label: | Lingo |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
| Subdivision Name2: | Roosevelt |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1916 (as "Need") |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Mountain |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Coordinates: | 33.7883°N -103.1147°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 3,983 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 915847 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 88123[1] |
| Area Code: | 575 |
Lingo is a populated place in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. The original name given the settlement in 1916 was “Need”, but U.S. postal authorities said that was too much like “Weed” in Otero County,[2] so in 1918 the name was changed to "Lingo".
The community post office was originally located three miles south of the current location on New Mexico State Road 114, seven miles south of Causey and five miles from the Texas border.[3]
An early authority on New Mexico place names states the name was derived from the Southwestern colloquial term "lingo" (from Latin lingua tongue), but a later authority states that the name more likely resulted from a family name.