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Mesilla (also known as La Mesilla and Old Mesilla) is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Mesilla Plaza is the central plaza in the small town of Mesilla in far southern New Mexico.The plaza and a number of its surrounding buildings are a National Historic Landmark District, significant for its role in the transfers of power that brought first the original New Mexico Territory and later the Gadsden Purchase into United States control.
At the time, it was an independent settlement, though it was eventually annexed by Las Cruces. The neighborhood adjoins University Park, the site of New Mexico State University, and it grew after the university was founded in 1889. Mesilla Park still has its own post office with ZIP code 88047, which opened in 1892. [1] [3] [4]
Mesilla, New Mexico, a town in southern New Mexico, United States; Mesilla Park, New Mexico, a neighborhood in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Mesilla Plaza, a plaza in Mesilla, New Mexico; Mesilla Valley, a valley in New Mexico and Texas; Mesilla Valley AVA, a wine growing area in New Mexico and Texas; Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park, a state park in ...
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2]
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, preserving a riverside forest (a bosque) along the Rio Grande. The park is located near Las Cruces and just west of Mesilla. [1] The park itself encompasses approximately 305 acres (1.23 km 2), at an elevation of 3,900 feet (1,200 m).
The fertile Mesilla Valley extends from Radium Springs, New Mexico, to the west side of El Paso, Texas. [1] The valley is characterized by its few remaining bosques, as well as its native cottonwood trees, and increasingly, by invasive tamarisk, which was introduced in the late 19th century, and is known locally as salt cedar.
State Road 101 (NM 101) is a 1.42-mile-long (2.29 km) paved, two-lane state highway in Doña Ana County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. NM 101's western terminus is at the road's junction with NM 28 within Mesilla community. The road's eastern terminus is in Las Cruces at the road's junction with NM 478. NM 101 is also known as West University ...