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Arroyo Hondo is a census-designated place in Taos County near Taos, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 474.[3]

It is historically notable as the site of the killing of six to eight employees by a force of allied Native Americans at Simeon Turley's mill and distillery trading post on January 20, 1847.[4][5] 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.[6][7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020428—
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

Education

It is within Taos Municipal Schools,[9] which operates Taos High School.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Race; 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171): Arroyo Hondo CDP, Taos County, New Mexico". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Simmons, Marc. "Trail Dust: Pionner Tobin led life of adventure". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
  5. ^ Schaubs, Michael. "Simeon Turley - Distiller". Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  6. ^ Lyckman, Ernest (1988). "A Review of the Ranch, Trading Post, Mill and Distillery of Simeon Turley, Canoncito, Arroyo Hondo, Taos County, New Mexico 1830-1847". Ayer y Hoy en Taos: Yesterday and Today in Taos County and Northern New Mexico (6). Taos, NM: Taos County Historical Society: 3–5.
  7. ^ Price, Sterling (April 30, 1847). "From New Mexico: Headquarters Army in New Mexico, Santa Fe, Feb 15, 1847". Wilmington Journal (Wilmington, North Carolina). p. 2.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taos County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 12, 2022.

36°32′09″N 105°40′09″W / 36.5358°N 105.6692°W / 36.5358; -105.6692


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo_Hondo,_Taos_County,_New_Mexico