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La Luz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. [1] The population was 1,615 at the 2000 census.It is located immediately north of Alamogordo and lies in the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin and on the western flank of the Sacramento Mountains.
The La Luz Historic District is a 18 acres (7.3 ha) historic district in La Luz, Otero County, New Mexico, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district included 27 contributing buildings .
Location of Otero County in New Mexico. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Otero County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
In 1719, the Spanish built a chapel at La Luz (about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the future site of Alamogordo), although La Luz was not settled until about 1860. [11] [12]: 167 The city of Alamogordo was founded in June 1898, when the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, headed by Charles Bishop Eddy, extended the railway to the town.
This is a locator map showing Otero 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 · McKinley ...
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US 82 slightly west of Hope. US 82 begins at an intersection with US highways 54 and 70 north of Alamogordo, and south of La Luz, New Mexico.Heading east out of Alamogordo the road quickly goes up into the Sacramento Mountains, traveling through the Lincoln National Forest.
La Luz del Oeste is a planned community on the West Side of Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is notable for its architecture and urban planning as an example of the New towns movement of the mid-20th century.