. Geococcyx californianus Socorro Co. NMAHGP Socorro County was established 1 July 1850. The county seat is Socorro. It was named by Don Juan de Onate. The name means "helpful". This county is prime ranching territory. It also has some of the biggest mule deer in New Mexico. It was also the county in which the first atomic bomb was exploded. Yucca Flower Births Cemeteries Deaths History County Map Post Office History Local History 1870 Census Precinct No. 10, Alamosita Southwest Business Directory 1889 500 More Pages Below Census Data Census Transcriptions by Virginia Grace Census Transcriptions by Lydia Uribe Death Records Click on Prototype Search this site Email Lists Family Group Sheets Family Histories (EPA) Local Family Histories Forts Project Facts and Trivia Ghost Towns Historical Maps Hispanic Histories Military Data Marriages Index 12,600 marriages NM Histories New Mexico Seekers New Mexico Spirits Oklahoma and Texas Other web sites Post Office History Search this site NM Genealogy Original Web Site United States Free Databases Please inform webmaster of errors To contribute data to this site or report site errors, please contact Charles Return to NM State Index Site created and developed by C. W. Barnum ©1996-2012