Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico

Place in New Mexico, United States

36°49′09″N 105°56′23″W / 36.81917°N 105.93972°W / 36.81917; -105.93972CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCountyTaosGovernment

• Typeunincorporated communityArea

^[1]

• Total1.65 sq mi (4.27 km²) • Land1.65 sq mi (4.27 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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6,962 ft (2,122 m)Population

(2020)^[3]

• Total428 • Density259.71/sq mi (100.29/km²)Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)ZIP code

87513

Area code575FIPS code35-05010GNIS feature ID2812758^[2]

Arroyo Hondo is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 474.^[4]

History

It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simeon Turley's mill and distillery trading post on January 20, 1847.^[5]^[6] This took place during the Taos Revolt, a populist insurrection of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the Mexican–American War.^[7]^[8]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	428		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[9]

Education

It is within Taos Municipal Schools,^[10] which operates Taos High School.

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Race; 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171): Arroyo Hondo CDP, Taos County, New Mexico". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
^ Simmons, Marc. "Trail Dust: Pionner Tobin led life of adventure". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
^ Schaubs, Michael. "Simeon Turley - Distiller". Retrieved September 9, 2016.
^ Lyckman, Ernest (1988). "A Review of the Ranch, Trading Post, Mill and Distillery of Simeon Turley, Canoncito, Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico 1830-1847". Ayer y Hoy en Taos: Yesterday and Today in Taos County and Northern New Mexico (6). Taos, NM: Taos County Historical Society: 3–5.
^ Price, Sterling (April 30, 1847). "From New Mexico: Headquarters Army in New Mexico, Santa Fe, Feb 15, 1847". Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, North Carolina). p. 2.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taos County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2022.