City of Roswell--Roswell was incorporated.  That same year, the Roswell Dispatch, now known as the Roswell Daily Record, began its long history of providing the news to the Roswell area, as well as the establishment of the Goss Military Institute, later to be known as the New Mexico Military Institute.

Roswell has continued to prosper, and even during the depression, economic growth was maintained with the help of WPA projects which strengthened the community and planted seeds for cultural growth.  In 1967, the community and economy were nearly devastated with the closure of Walker Air Force Base the community’s major employer. However, the resiliency of Roswell rose to the forefront and economic diversity became a rallying cry for its leaders. Today, the economy of the community is built on agriculture, education, dairies, oil and gas, aviation technology, manufacturing and tourism.  The tourism industry in Roswell is built around the “Roswell UFO Incident of 1947”.

Roswell’s population is approximately 45,293.

 

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