Arroyo Seco | |
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![]() Welcome sign in Arroyo Seco | |
Etymology: Spanish for "Dry Creek" | |
Coordinates: 36°30′50″N105°36′34″W / 36.51389°N 105.60944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New Mexico |
County | Taos |
Settled | 1806 |
Government | |
• Type | unincorporated community |
Area | |
• Total | 6.83 sq mi (17.68 km2) |
• Land | 6.83 sq mi (17.68 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 7,582 ft (2,311 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,979 |
• Density | 289.92/sq mi (111.94/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
ZIP code | 87514 |
Area code | 575 |
FIPS code | 35-05150 |
GNIS feature ID | 2629104 [2] |
Arroyo Seco is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico. Arroyo Seco's economy is based on tourism and services to residents of retirement and vacation homes.
Arroyo Seco has a post office, with the ZIP code 87514. The 87514 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 1,310 at the 2000 census, with 996 housing units, a land area of 53.63 sq. miles, a water area of 0.05 sq. mile, and a population density of 24.43 people per sq. mile at Census 2000. Arroyo Seco's elevation is 7,634 feet. [4]
Arroyo Seco was settled in 1804, on a Spanish land grant made on October 7, 1745. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity was completed in 1834 and has recently been restored. [5]
Overlooking Arroyo Seco stands Lucero Peak, a 10,780 feet (3,290 m) rock formation. Housed in the Peak is a cave that is sacred to the local Native American population of Taos Pueblo. The cave inspired D.H. Lawrence's short story "The Woman who Rode Away" after he visited it in May 1924 with Mabel Dodge Luhan, her husband Tony, and Lawrence's wife Frieda.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 1,785 | — | |
2020 | 1,979 | 10.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [6] |
Race (NH = Non-Hispanic) | % 2020 [7] | % 2010 [8] | Pop. 2020 | Pop. 2010 |
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White Alone (NH) | 50.8% | 51.5% | 1,005 | 920 |
Black Alone (NH) | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 | 5 |
American Indian Alone (NH) | 1.1% | 0.9% | 21 | 16 |
Asian Alone (NH) | 1% | 0.3% | 20 | 6 |
Pacific Islander Alone (NH) | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 |
Other Race Alone (NH) | 1.2% | 0% | 24 | 0 |
Multiracial (NH) | 3.4% | 1.5% | 68 | 26 |
Hispanic (Any race) | 42.3% | 45.5% | 837 | 812 |
As of the 2020 Census, there were 1,979 people, 924 households, and 1,148 housing units. The median age of the CDP were 55.2, with men being 55.8 and women being 54. [9] The most reported ancestries were Mexican (17.6%), English (13.2%), Spanish (including Spaniard and Spanish American) (11.2%), German (8.9%), Irish (8.8%), and Scottish (3.8%). [10]
It is within Taos Municipal Schools, [11] which operates Taos High School.
Arroyo Seco's annual Fourth of July parade is locally popular.
The words "She wrote her name there on my windshield, Just to remind me where she was from' Tina Louise, Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, 1971" in the Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen song "Tina Louise" from their 1976 album Tales from the Ozone . Arroyo Seco is also mentioned in the title of the Fleet Foxes song "I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Seco / Thumbprint Scar" from their 2017 album Crack-Up.