PIE TOWN, N.M. (KRQE) – The second Saturday in September may not mean much to the average person, but in one New Mexico ghost town, people visit from all over for one reason: pie.
Pie Town, located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, immediately north of the Gila National Forest, is set to host its annual Pie Festival this weekend. The festival serves as a benefit for the town and features pie baking and eating contests, a horned toad race, a horseshoe completion, live entertainment, and more.
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The festival kicks off Friday night with a playground fundraiser potato bar dinner and dance. Saturday is the main event where many of the contests and entertainment will take place, including the crowning of the queen and king of the Pie Festival. The event will end with a dance in the pavilion.
Pie Town got its name from a bakery that made dried apple pies and was established by Clyde Norman in the early 1920s, according to the New Mexico Tourism Department. Pie Town’s population was 166 in 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.