Official Name: | Montoya, New Mexico |
Pushpin Map: | New Mexico#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | New Mexico |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Quay |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
Elevation Ft: | 4321 |
Coordinates: | 35.0997°N -104.0639°W |
Area Code: | 575 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 915865 |
Montoya is an unincorporated community on the route of historic Route 66 in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. It is the site of the Richardson Store, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Montoya was founded as a railroad stop and loading point in 1902. It was about that time that widow Yetta Kohn and her sons, Howard, George, and Charles established the T4 Cattle Company ranch, a store, a bank, and a land company in Montoya.[1] Yetta's daughter-in-law, Clara Kohn operated the T4 Cattle Company after her husband Howard's death and the ranch grew to 180,000 contiguous acres with the purchase of part of the Bell Ranch in 1946., it is one of the largest private ranches in the United States with about 220,000 acres.
A Sinclair gasoline station operated from 1925 to the mid-1970s. The now-abandoned Casa Alta stone structure was the home of Maria and Tylvan Hendren.[2]