How did New Mexico receive it's name?

New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912. New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912. New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912. New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912. New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912. New Mexico was the 47th state to receive statehood on, Saturday, January 6, 1912.

New Mexico has the name of Mexico in its name. It borders the nation of Mexico and was called New Mexico when it was colonized by the Spanish.

Spanish explorers considered the region an additional part of Mexico, so it is named New Mexico

University of New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico State, University of Albuquerque, and Santa Fe Community College.

it was named after Mexico

The New Mexico Supreme Court.

The yucca is the state flower of New Mexico.

There are no gulfs in New Mexico. The nearest gulf is the Gulf of Mexico, which is several hundred miles away from New Mexico.

The name of the new coach of Mexico is one Miguel "El Piojo" Herrera.

Taos is the only New Mexico town with four letters in its name. Cuba, Dora and Hope are villages in New Mexico.

The New Mexico Supreme Court is the highest court in New Mexico. The highest appellate court in New Mexico is the New Mexico Court of Appeals.

because after mexico got its independence from spain in september 1821 they changed their name from new spain to mexico because after 300 hundred years of spanish rule mexico was a province of new spain so they changed their name to mexico

Roadrunner is the official state flower for New Mexico.

Roadrunner is the official state bird for New Mexico.

The name of the state New Mexico was assigned by Spanish explorers in 1563. They thought that the culture in the area was similar to that in Mexico.

Spain called present day mexico new spain which was later called mexico. they thought present day nm would be the same as mexico so they called it new mexico.

New Mexico. Mexico is a country bordering the United States and New Mexico, a state in the the United States, has the same name. The only state in the US that has the name of a country that borders the US in it is New Mexico. The other country is Mexico.

Well these Mexican settelers came to a new land and it was new they were still in Mexico so that's how it got it's name

Xanadu Place is the name of a street in Roswell, New Mexico

Name the capital of New Mexico. Tell the year of its settlement.

They never got anything

The president of New Mexico is the president of the United States. The government leader of New Mexico is it's governor. See related questions. The president's name in New Mexico is: Barack Obama (full name: Barack Hussein Obama II).

There are no cities in New Mexico that begin with the letter x. If you need the letter x for New Mexico, Xanadu Place is the name of a street in Roswell, New Mexico.

because they found wealth in Mexico, so hoping they found it there they named it New Mexico

the real reason is that New Mexico got its state name by being ruled by the Spaniards and then being named the "NEW" MEXICO. the nick name was given because of its rich history and scenic beauty.