Datil

Article summary

Datil may refer to: * Datil, New Mexico, a community and unincorporated town in Catron County, western New Mexico ** "Datil" (rocket launch facility), the launch site of the MGM-29 Sergeant intermediate-range ballistic missiles, in New Mexico * Datil pepper, a variety of yellow lantern chile peppers (Capsicum sinense) * Datil-Mogollon Section, a physiographic subdivision of Colorado Plateau Province (western New Mexico and eastern Arizona) * Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, a large silicic volcanic field in western New Mexico (Mogollon Mountains—town of Datil area) * Datil National Forest, established 1908, merged in 1931, name discontinued

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1908 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=756432290