| Glenrio, New Mexico Glenrio, Texas |
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| — Unincorporated comumunity — | |
| Closed café in Glenrio | |
| Topographic map of Glenrio, 1982 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico Texas |
| Counties | Quay County, New Mexico Deaf Smith County, Texas |
| ZIP Code | 88434 |
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Glenrio Historic District
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| Location: | Texas State Highway Loop 504/New Mexico State Road 1578, Glenrio |
| Area: | 31.7 acres (12.8 ha) |
| Built: | 1926 |
| Architectural style: | Bungalow/Craftsman, Moderne |
| Governing body: | State |
| MPS: | Route 66 in Texas MPS, Route 66 through New Mexico MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06001258 and 06001259[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 17, 2007 |
Glenrio (also Rock Island)[2] is an unincorporated community in both Deaf Smith County, Texas, and Quay County, New Mexico, in the United States. Located on Route 66, it sits on the Texas/New Mexico state line. It includes the Glenrio Historic District which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Glenrio was the site of the "First Motel in Texas" / "Last Motel in Texas" and a post office that, along with other businesses, straddled the state line on U.S. Route 66 for many years until Interstate 40 bypassed the community in September, 1973. The town consists of the remains of the courtyard motel and related Texas Longhorn Cafe and Phillips 66 service station, the post office, a few other buildings including an old diner and adjacent Texaco service station, the old Route 66 roadbed and the former roadbed of the Rock Island Railroad whose tracks were removed in the 1980s. A few homes still exist in Glenrio. It sits just a few yards to the south of Interstate 40 at Texas Exit 0 on Business I-40, a road which turns into a local gravel road at the state line, which was the original Route 66 alignment between Glenrio and San Jon until 1952 and paved for many years until Quay County removed the paving due to maintenance costs. Mail was formerly served by a post office on the New Mexico side of the town.
The community was founded in 1903 as a railroad siding on the Rock Island Railroad. Its name comes from Scots "glen" + Spanish "rio" (meaning "river").
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Glenrio Historic District is a 31.7-acre (12.8 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1] At the time of the listing, the district included 12 contributing buildings and 4 other contributing structures.
On June 25, 2008, the State of New Mexico opened the Glenrio Welcome Center on Interstate 40 at the Texas state line. The center includes such things as a pet walk, a livestock corral, wireless Internet-access, a movie theater, and information kiosks. Built to accommodate one million visitors per year, it includes green features such as recycling of greywater for grounds irrigation, and a wind turbine that will generate 20 percent of the center’s energy.[3]
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