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Catron County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico . As of 2010, the population was 3,725. Its county seat is Reserve . Catron County is the largest county, by area, in New Mexico.
Settlement in the Catron County region dates to some of the earliest in the Americas. During the Clovis period between 10999 BC 8000 BC and Folsom period between 7999 BC and 5999 BC, the Ake Site was occupied near Datil . Bat Cave , near Horse Springs , was occupied around 3,500 BC. The Mimbres culture was part of the Mogollon people who lived throughout the Catron County area from AD 1000-1130 AD. Their art is renowned for its beauty. In 1598, the region was declared part of Santa Fé de Nuevo México , a province in New Spain . The province remained in Spanish control until Mexico's declaration of independence in 1821. Under the 1824 Constitution of Mexico , it became the federally-administered Territory of New Mexico. European settlement of this region reportedly started with the Spanish, and intensified when New Mexico was admitted to the United States. Mexico ceded the region to the U.