Dwyer is an unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.

[1] It is located southeast of Silver City, along the Mimbres River, and on NM 61.

[2] The settlement, first known as San Jose for its church, had a post office from 1895 to 1917.

[2] The post office in Dwyer was moved northeast from Faywood is still named the Faywood Post Office[3] and the settlement was renamed Dwyer for an 1883 homesteader, G.W.

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