Brilliant, New Mexico
Brilliant is an unincorporated community in Colfax County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
An old variant name of Brilliant was Swastika.[1] Swastika was renamed Brilliant after the swastika symbol was adopted by the Nazis.[2] The Brilliant post office closed in 1954.[3]
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brilliant, New Mexico
- Monmonier, Mark (September 15, 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
- "Colfax County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
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