Miami is an

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in Colfax County,

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

, United States. Miami lies on State Road 21 and is between

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and Sunny Side. The community includes approximately six homes and eight ranches. Miami is about southeast of the

Philmont Scout Ranch Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, near the village of Cimarron; it covers of wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east side of the Cimarron Range of the Rocky Mountains. Donated by oil baro ...

base camp, but is only about from the Rayado campsite. Miami was named by its founders after Miami, Ohio and was originally called Miami Ranch. Miami Lake, a private man-made reservoir, located just off State Road 21, six miles (10 km) due west of the community, was part of the Miami Project of the Farmers Development Company which purchased in the area in 1906.Twitchell, Ralph Emerson (1911) "Chapter II: Colfax County" ''The Leading Facts of New Mexican History Volume III'' Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
p. 90-91OCLC 3828708
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Miami, New Mexico via Google Maps
Unincorporated communities in Colfax County, New Mexico Unincorporated communities in New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub

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