It is the county seat of Eddy County.

Eddy County is the name of two counties in the United States:

When the territorial legislature set the boundaries of Eddy County, in 1889, Seven Rivers was named the county seat.

The Caverns have brought many millions of visitors from around the world into Eddy County.

Eddy County is the location of the nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

Trash is sent to the Sandpoint Landfill east of town operated by Eddy County.

Eddy County was formed in 1885 from a portion of Foster County.

Coal mining developed during the 1890s, primarily to supply the railroads, and oil was discovered in Eddy County in 1909.

Artesia has a high-voltage direct current back-to-back station which connects the eastern and western electric grids in Eddy County.

A few years ago, seven 850-foot-deep potash mines operated in Eddy County, which includes Loving.