At first known as "Riley's Switch", the site was renamed Clovis. Landmarks include State Theater, Clovis Baptist Hospital and Hotel Clovis. Clovis is the birthplace of Raúl Rosas Jr., american-Mexican mixed martial artist.
Clovis, New Mexico gifts and souvenirs: 36 designs made from Clovis's own map, landmarks and history, from $10 to $99. Printed to order and shipped free in the USA.
| Popular | Price |
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| Clovis Hometown Ornament | $23 |
| Clovis Landmarks Photo Poster | from $40 |
| Clovis Vintage Travel Poster | from $40 |
| Clovis Varsity Crewneck | from $57 |
| Clovis Est. Tee | from $33 |
| Clovis Town Line Mug | from $26 |
Ceramic keepsake, gold ribbon
Nine local landmarks, archival matte
Its landmark photo in a classic travel-poster layout
A local landmark photo as a gallery print
Classic large-letter postcard art, filled with local photos
Six local landmarks as instant photos on kraft paper
The town's story in dates, from its own records, for home or classroom
Map of local landmarks, washable fabric
Heavy-blend fleece, street map printed on the back
Red heavy-blend crewneck, knit-stitch town print
Soft Bella+Canvas jersey
Kids' Bella+Canvas jersey, youth sizes
Bella+Canvas toddler jersey
Bella+Canvas baby bodysuit
Large-letter postcard art filled with local photos
Glossy ceramic, dishwasher safe
Large-letter postcard art filled with local photos, 11 oz ceramic
Weatherproof, for the front walk
24″×16″, printed coir-look fibers, rubber back
12″×12″ printed wood, ready to hang
Soft-touch, zip cover
A local landmark photo with the town name, 18″×18″
Sturdy all-over-print tote
Large-letter postcard art on a sturdy tote
Foam-front trucker, printed (not embroidered) with local photos
Glossy top, cork back
Soft fleece, 50″×60″
Six local landmarks as instant photos, soft fleece 50″×60″
20 oz, double-wall stainless
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
6″×4″ postcard, glossy front
The town's earliest Sanborn fire-insurance map, drawn building by building and hand-coloured, from the Library of Congress
Population 2007: 33,182 → 2010: 37,775 → 2020: 38,567
From Wikidata (CC0).
Clovis began in 1906, when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was being constructed through the area and railway engineers were instructed to "locate and buy the first level section of land west of Texico" on which to build a town site and railroad facilities.
At first known as "Riley's Switch", the site was renamed Clovis. A likely-apocryphal story states that a daughter of a rail official (accounts vary whether her father was AT&SF president Edward Payson Ripley, chief engineer James Dunn, or an unnamed station master) was studying about Clovis, the first Christian king of the Franks, and proposed the name.
The land was bought on October 2, 1906, and the railroad began offering town lots for sale on May 1, 1907. The settlement built up quickly and in 1909 was incorporated.
On August 24, 2008, eight prisoners escaped from the Clovis Jail by shimmying up plumbing pipes. The escape was highlighted on the television show America's Most Wanted.
The Clovis Carver Public Library was the site of a mass shooting in August 2017 in which two people were killed and four wounded.
In 2023, the FW1 Ute Reservoir pipeline project started construction to provide potable water by 2030 for Cannon Air Force Base and the communities of Clovis, Portales, Elida, and Texico.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Clovis, New Mexico, revision 1382099263 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
We share a part of every Clovis sale with local partners, and we'd love to print from your collection. Old photographs, maps and postcards make the best keepsakes.
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15 free coloring pages of Clovis, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Clovis's population was 38,567 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 33,182 in 2007.
State Theater
Clovis Baptist Hospital
Hotel Clovis
Clovis Depot