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Los Alamos is located in northern New Mexico between the Rio Grande and the eastern rim of the Valles Caldera on the Pajarito Plateau, approximately 35 mi (56 km) to the northwest of Santa Fe. The elevation at the post office is 7,320 feet (2,230 m) and total land area is 11.14 square miles (28.9 km 2 ).
New Mexico State Road 4 (NM 4) is a 67.946-mile-long (109.348 km) state highway in Sandoval, Los Alamos, and Santa Fe counties in New Mexico, United States.It is significant as the main access route (in conjunction with NM 501 and NM 502) connecting the remote town of Los Alamos, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Bandelier National Monument to other, more major highways in New Mexico.
Location of Los Alamos County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates ...
This is a locator map showing Los Alamos County in New Mexico.. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps.Or see any of the New Mexico county locator maps: Bernalillo · Catron · Chaves · Cibola · Colfax · Curry · De Baca · Doña Ana · Eddy · Grant · Guadalupe · Harding · Hidalgo · Lea · Lincoln · Los Alamos · Luna ...
Los Alamos County (English: "The Poplars" or "Cottonwoods"; Spanish: Condado de Los Álamos) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census , the population was 19,419. [ 1 ] The smallest county by area in the state, Los Alamos County was formerly administered exclusively by the U.S. federal government during the Manhattan ...
Westbound in Pojoqaue. New Mexico State Road 502 (NM 502) is a 18.301-mile-long (29.453 km) state highway in New Mexico, United States of America.It is notable as the main access route to Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, and town of Los Alamos.
Map of Los Alamos site, New Mexico, 1943–45. The idea of locating Project Y at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, or the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was considered, but in the end it was decided that a remote location would be best. [43]
New Mexico was admitted to the Union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. De Baca and Lea Counties were created in 1917, followed by Hidalgo County in 1920 and Catron and Harding Counties in 1921. Los Alamos County was created in 1949 and finally Cibola County in 1981, bringing the total number of counties to 33.