Arroyo Hondo | |
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Coordinates: 36°32′09″N 105°40′11″W / 36.53583°N 105.66972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Taos |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated community |
Area | |
• Total | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
• Land | 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 6,790 ft (2,070 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 428 |
• Density | 259.71/sq mi (100.29/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87513 |
Area code | 575 |
FIPS code | 35-05010 |
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. [3]
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. [4] [5] 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. [6] [7]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 428 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [8] |
It is within Taos Municipal Schools, [9] which operates Taos High School.
36°32′09″N 105°40′09″W / 36.5358°N 105.6692°W