<page_title> List of counties in New Mexico </page_title> <section_title> List </section_title> <table> <cell> Lea County <col_header> County </col_header> <col_header> Bernalillo County </col_header> <col_header> Catron County </col_header> <col_header> Chaves County </col_header> <col_header> Cibola County </col_header> <col_header> Colfax County </col_header> <col_header> Curry County </col_header> <col_header> De Baca County </col_header> <col_header> Doña Ana County </col_header> <col_header> Eddy County </col_header> <col_header> Grant County </col_header> <col_header> Guadalupe County </col_header> <col_header> Harding County </col_header> <col_header> Hidalgo County </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joseph Calloway Lea (1841-1904), a captain in the U.S. Army and the founder of the New Mexico Military Academy <col_header> Etymology </col_header> <row_header> Lea County </row_header> </cell> </table>
Lea County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico.