Roy, NM

Roy is a village in Harding County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 192 residents. Roy was a filming location in the 2009 comedy film Did You Hear About the Morgans?. NFL Hall of Famer Tommy McDonald was born in Roy. The through line in Roy is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Roy makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. Musician Bob Wills lived in Roy as a young man. The village, originally 2 miles west of its current site, was founded by ranchers Frank and William Roy, and named for Frank as the first postmaster in 1901. Roy was relocated after the Dawson Railway was built from Tucumcari through the area in 1902, on its way to coal fields at Dawson.