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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 ...
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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.
Time zone: Mountain (MST) ZIP Code: 87553. Area code: 575: FIPS code: 35-55900: GNIS feature ID: 2409051 [2] Peñasco is a census-designated place (CDP) in Taos ...
This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Taos County, New Mexico, highlighting Taos in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
[5] [6] This took place during the Taos Revolt, a populist insurrection of New Mexicans and Native Americans against the new United States territorial regime during the Mexican–American War. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
Valdez is an unincorporated community located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States situated along the Rio Hondo. The community is located on New Mexico State Road 230, 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north of Taos. Valdez had a post office until August 28, 2010; it still has its own ZIP code, 87580. [1] [3]
Pueblo Peak is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and it ranks as the 27th-highest summit in New Mexico. [1] The mountain is located nine miles (14 km) northeast of the city of Taos and six miles southwest of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in the state.