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  2. Taos County, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    The county's highest point is the summit of Wheeler Peak at 13,161 feet (4,011 m). This is also the highest natural point in New Mexico. The county has the highest mean elevation of any U.S. county outside of Colorado at 8,510 feet (2,590 m), even though it ranks only 22nd overall. [5] Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks.

  3. Taos, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Taos [a] 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 communities ...

  4. Taos Pueblo - Wikipedia

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    Taos Pueblo (or Pueblo de Taos) is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos -speaking ( Tiwa) 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]

  5. Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    August 13, 1974. Designated NMSRCP. December 30, 1971. Picuris Pueblo ( / pɪkəˈriːs /; Tiwa: P'įwweltha [p’ī̃wːēltʰà]) is a historic pueblo in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. The federally recognized tribe of Pueblo people inhabit the community. Picurís Pueblo is a member of the Eight Northern Pueblos.

  6. File:Map of New Mexico highlighting Taos County.svg

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    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 · McKinley · Mora · Otero · Quay · Rio Arriba · Roosevelt ...

  7. List of counties in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. There are 33 counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico . The New Mexico Territory was organized in September 1850. The first nine counties in the territory to be created, in 1852, were Bernalillo, Doña Ana, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Ana, Santa Fe, Socorro, Taos, and Valencia Counties. Mora County was created in 1860.

  8. Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    575. FIPS code. 35-05010. GNIS feature ID. 2812758 [ 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.

  9. National Register of Historic Places listings in Taos County ...

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    There are 43 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including seven National Historic Landmarks. All but seven of the National Register listings within the county are also recorded on the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties . This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings ...