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Taos (/ t aʊ s /) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano ...
Taos Downtown Historic District is located in the center of Taos, New Mexico. It is roughly bounded by Ojitos, Quesnel, Martyr's Lane, Las Placitas and Ranchitos Streets. [3] More broadly the area originally called Don Fernando de Taos [nb 1] is located in the Taos Valley, alongside Taos Creek and about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taos Pueblo.
Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking Native American tribe of Puebloan people. It lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern city of Taos, New Mexico. The pueblos are one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. [3]
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,489. [1] Its county seat is Taos. [2] The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory. [3] Taos County comprises the Taos, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Located in Taos, New Mexico.Spanish settlers began colonization of the Taos Valley in 1616, [13] but the Plaza dates to the late 18th century when the Don Fernando de Taos Land Grant was ceded to Spanish settlers from the Taos Pueblo in 1796 by Don Fernando de Chacon, Governor of New Mexico.
Water was generally supplied by wells. Residents had chickens, pigs, cows and horses that grazed on pastureland between La Loma and the Taos Plaza. [3] The settlers built the San Antonio church in the plaza, which was blessed in October 1876 by Archbishop Lamy. They also helped found the town of Taos. Some of the residents were artists. [2]
Taos Valley mist in the morning, The Rio Pueblo de Taos, New Mexico. Taos Valley, also called Lower Taos Canyon, is a valley located in Taos County, New Mexico. [1] It is bounded by the Rio Grande Gorge; the deep ravine, or Arroyo Hondo, of the Rio Hondo; and the Taos Mountain range. [2]
Location mi [1] [3] km Destinations [2] Notes; Taos: 0.000: 0.000: Paseo Del Cañon West west: Continuation west beyond western terminus: NM 68 east (Paseo Del Pueblo Sur) – US 60 NM 68 west (Paseo Del Pueblo Sur) – Ranchos De Taos, Velarde, Española: Western terminus 2.204: 3.547: US 64 east – Angel Fire, Eagle Nest, Raton