Carson, New Mexico

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Carson is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taos County, New Mexico, United States. [1] Named after frontiersman and Taos resident Kit Carson, Carson was founded c. 1908, when the surrounding area was opened for homesteading. [2] Carson is a low-density rural residential area.

Carson has a post office, with the ZIP code 87517. The 87517 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 158 at the 2000 census. [3] The Carson ZCTA had 114 housing units; a land area of 35.03 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 4.51 people per sq. mile at Census 2000. [4]

In the 1930s, Carson was a struggling Mormon settlement. A local trader gave an old colcha, an embroidered woolen blanket, to his sister-in-law for repair. She studied the textile, and began making new colchas, starting a successful cottage industry. Most of the Carson colchas were made from recycled woolen fabrics. They were priced reasonably, and sold well. Many are now in museum collections. [5]

Carson's website is www.carsonnm.org

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carson, New Mexico
  2. ↑ Carson Community Association Newsletter, January 2009 Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "American FactFinder" Archived 2020-02-12 at archive.today , United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 10/12/2009
  4. ↑ 87517 data
  5. ↑ Nancy Benson, New Mexico Colcha Club: Spanish Colonial Embroidery. 2008, Museum of New Mexico Press. ISBN   978-0-89013-519-8

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