Cuervo is an unincorporated town in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States.

[1] Cuervo is located along Interstate 40 16.8 miles (27.0 km) east-northeast of Santa Rosa.

[2][3] The community is nearly a ghost town now, having been split by the construction of I-40; but there is still a small church and a gas station.

The 1940 census recorded a population of 128, although by that time there were "few gas stations, groceries, no café, garage or other tourist accommodations."

The town started to grow when the surrounding land was opened to cattle ranching in 1910.