Virden, NM

Virden is a village in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 126 residents. Known as Richmond prior to 1916, the area was originally owned by the New Mexico Mining Company, and was the location of a stamp mill for the silver ore mined in nearby Ralston. After the mine was closed, the site was sold in 1916 to Mormons who had left the Mormon Colonies in Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution. Virden's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider New Mexico setting.

The local scoop is how Virden's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Virden is located near the northern end of Hidalgo County on the north bank of the Gila River. New Mexico State Road 92 passes through the village, leading northwest 7 miles to Duncan, Arizona, and south seven miles to its terminus at U.S. Route 70.