Gadsden High School (New Mexico)
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Gadsden High School formerly known as Valley High School, is a public high school in the city of Anthony
Anthony, New Mexico
Anthony is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA. The population was 7,904 at the 2000 census. It is located on the New Mexico–Texas state line in the Upper Mesilla Valley, and on Interstate 10, 27 miles south of Las Cruces and 21 miles north of El Paso, Texas...

, New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...

. Gadsden High is part of the Gadsden Independent School District
Gadsden Independent Schools
The Gadsden Independent School District is located in Doña Ana County, New Mexico in the United States.-Cities and Towns:Cities and towns served by the district include the following:* Anthony, New Mexico* Chaparral, New Mexico* Mesquite, New Mexico...

. Gadsden's colors are maroon and gold. Of the four high schools in the Gadsden School District, Gadsden High has the largest student population.

Though located in Anthony, Gadsden High also serves as a high school for the surrounding towns of Mesquite
Mesquite, New Mexico
Mesquite is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 948 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Mesquite is located at ....

, Vado
Vado, New Mexico
Vado is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 3,003 at the 2000 census. As of 5 May 2010, its lone ZIP code is 88072, its telephone Area Code is 575, and it is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Vado is located at ...

, Berino
Berino, New Mexico
Berino is an unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Berino is located along Interstate 10 south of Las Cruces....

, La Mesa, San Miguel, Chamberino, and La Union.

Namesake

The school is named for the Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase is a region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853. It was then ratified, with changes, by the U.S...

, mainly because the school and the surrounding area mark the eastern-most tip of the 29670 square miles (76,844.9 km²) land acquisition.
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