Brilliant,_New_Mexico

Brilliant, New Mexico

Brilliant, New Mexico

Unincorporated community in New Mexico, US

Brilliant is an unincorporated community in Colfax County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

An old variant name of Brilliant was Swastika.[1] Swastika was renamed Brilliant after the swastika symbol was adopted by the Nazis.[2] The Brilliant post office closed in 1954.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brilliant, New Mexico
  2. [2]
    Monmonier, Mark (September 15, 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  3. [3]
    "Colfax County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

36°57′22″N 104°32′04″W


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