Chaves County Jails

Chaves County, New Mexico was created February 25, 1889. Roswell is the County Seat.

If you have information about either of these jails, please contact us. We are also interested in information about the law enforcement agents who operated in Chaves County before 1920.

No Photograph Available at This Time	Early Chaves County Courthouse and Jail - 1890 This building is no longer standing, though it appears on the 1909 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.
No Photograph Available at This Time	Chaves County Jail - 1911 This building is still standing.

If you have information about jails in this New Mexico County or in any other area of the United States, please contact us via e-mail at HistoricJails@cs.com or you may call us at 505.541.1557. Thank you.