Weed, Otero County

Weed is 10 miles south of Mayhill on the eastern slope of the Sacramento Mountains. Weed began in 1885 when George and Elizabeth Lewis and their 9 children settled in the area. The new community took its name from William H. Weed, a White Oaks merchant who established a branch store in Weed.

Today (1998) it's a farming and ranching community with a lot of pride in its school which has been operating for over a hundred years. (Do watch out for the cattle sometimes on roads!)